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FT opens Malaysian office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Franklin Templeton Asset Management Malaysia Sbn Bhd gained a capital markets and services licence in January. The firm already manages global equities, emerging markets ...

SA and QLD scoop Hillross awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Two planning firms and a financial adviser won accolades at this year's Hillross Awards. Hillross adviser and principal at Hillross Mackay, David Pett won the dealer group's Adviser of the Year. Townsville and Ayr-based financial planning practice ...

Regnan adds to governance team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) specialist, Regnan has appointed former CGI Glass Lewis executive, Pru Bennett as head of the firm's governance division. Prior to the appointment, Bennett spent 12 years at research firm CGI Glass Lewis. Regnan ...

SuperCentral hires Negline

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
SuperCentral has hired Tony Negline as a consultant to promote the firm's online self managed super fund (SMSF) trust deed update service. Negline previously worked at ING Australia and opened his own consultancy business in 2001. He will promote SuperCentral ...

IOOF adds govt guarantee option

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
IOOF and Perennial Investment Partners have teamed up to provide clients with a government backed cash investment option. The Perennial Protected Cash Trust, available across superannuation and investment accounts, invests in short term, interest bearing ...

BTIM CFO resigns

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... the creation of BT Investment Management's multi-boutique model and the finance, risk and reporting capabilities of the company," said Dirk Morris, BT Investment Management chief executive. Brian Scullin, BT Investment Management chair, said Macgregor's ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving ...

Halmarick joins CFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Former Citigroup managing director Stephen Halmarick joins Colonial First State Global Asset Management as head of investment markets research. With a career spanning more than 23 years, Halmarick was most recently managing director and co-head of Citigroup's ...

AXA Asia Pac growth mixed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... India, Thailand and Malaysia but 'new business' outside insurance slowed in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The company announced last week that due to the weak markets globally, total group funds under management, administration and advice over ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Securities Services and New South Wales Treasury Corporation have teamed up to launch My Queries, a client support system developed by BNP Paribas, in Australia. My Queries is a web based automated query management and client support system ...