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Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
The Third Link Growth fund, launched last year by former CFS chief executive Chris Cuffe, only attracted $28 million in funds, well below Cuffe's $150 million target and despite the fund's outperformance. One year on, the fund lost more than 13 per ...

UniSuper hires former CFS chief as CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has appointed former Colonial First State Investment Management chief executive John Pearce as its chief investment officer, following the departure of its long-standing CIO, David St. John. Pearce, who previously headed CFS ...

S&P names 2008 Fund Awards finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Many familiar names and a handful of boutique funds are named among the finalists of this year's 2008 Standard & Poor's Fund Awards. Standard & Poor's Fund Services, together with national newspaper The Australian, are awarding outstanding fund managers ...

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is steering its alternative investment strategies towards credit markets to capitalise on mispricing within the sector. Carl Dunning-Gribble, chief investment manager in alternative investments at CAAM, said the ...

Maragiannis joins CAAM

CrA(C)dit Agricole Asset Management Group (CAAM) has appointed Credit Suisse's former head of institutional business, John Maragiannis, as director of distribution. The appointment coincides with CAAM officially launching its first wholly owned subsidiary ...

Macq adds to small caps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Macquarie Funds Management Group has appointed an additional senior analyst to its small caps team. Starting next month, David Walsh will be responsible for covering the many small cap stocks that form Macquarie Australian Small Companies Fund as well ...

ING hires former CFS currency exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
Sydney based ING Investment Management has appointed Dan McCarthy to senior portfolio manager within its international equities team. McCarthy will manage the tactical strategies area within the international equities team beginning on September 18. ...

IFSA names three for industry excellence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
Asteron's Gerard Kerr, Colonial First State Investment's Philip Barlin and QIC's Angela Keane have been awarded the coveted Industry Excellence awards from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). Kerr, who is head of claims at Asteron ...

Advisers urged to exit UBS Aussie fund

Ratings firm Standard & Poor's Fund Services has downgraded the UBS Australian Share Fund from four to two stars and recommended that advisers find an alternative manager for their "core" Australian-equities investment. While UBS is not the only fund ...

IFSA adds two to board

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed two senior industry executives as new board members. Maria Wilton joins the board from Franklin Templeton Investments where she is currently managing director. Brian Bissaker fills ...