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UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
UBS Global Asset Management is retaining ownership of multi manager fund-of-funds business OptiMix as it completes its acquisition of ING Investment Management, although ANZ owns its money. UBS closed the acquisition yesterday and a spokesperson told ...

SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... and ING Alpha Plus Australian Share Fund were both downgraded from Recommended to Fund Watch, after UBS Global Asset Management said it would buy ING Investment Management subject to Dutch Central Bank approval. "At this stage there is significant uncertainty ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Wealth Management Executive of the Year Winner: Paul Schroder - AustralianSuper NOMINEES A, Ben Heap - UBS Global Asset Management A, Danielle Press - Equipsuper A, Greg O'Neill - La Trobe Financial Best Website of the Year (Superannuation) Winner: First ...

ING IM deal sees UBS climb the ranks

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... are delighted with the ING IM acquisition and concurrent agreement with ANZ," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management, Australia and New Zealand. "The acquisition significantly increases the scale and distribution of our business while the ...

UBS adds gas to global infra fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
UBS Global Asset Management has added to its infrastructure and private equity portfolio with the acquisition of a Norwegian gas company. Njord Gas Infrastructure, which is 82 per cent owned by UBS International Infrastructure Fund, has closed a deal ...

UBS boosts Aust Fixed Income team

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
UBS Global Asset Management names it head of credit research for Asia Pacific and new portfolio manager within its Australian Fixed Income team. Former Senior Credit Analyst at Societe General in London, Ben Squire has joined UBS as the new head of ...

UBS lost fund finds a manager

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management has found a new portfolio manager for the Small Companies Fund, left in limbo after two members of the three-man management team left earlier this month. Victor Gomes, most recently a portfolio manager at Selector Funds Management ...

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management are urgently looking to replace two portfolio managers of a three-man team who have now left the Small Companies Fund. Portfolio managers John Campbell, executive director, and Jeremy Bendeich, director, are now on 'gardening ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Management of UBS Global Asset Management's Small Companies Fund is in limbo after two members of its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the ...

BTIM sales head joins UBS GAM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... left his role as head of wholesale sales at BT Investment Management to take up a similar position at UBS Global Asset Management. Doherty starts his role at UBS in mid-May and will be reporting to Ben Heap, head of UBS GAM in Australia. Meanwhile, Lachlan ...