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QSuper CIO joins the ASFA Board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed QSuper CIO, Brad Holzberger to their board, replacing Michele Dolin who stepped down as GESB CEO earlier this year. Holzberger has over 20 years experience in the financial services ...

Former AFA president gets Asia-Pacific appointement

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Former Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) President Dr James Taggart has been elected to the Board of the Asia Pacific Financial Services Association as an Australian representative. Dr Taggart, OAM, said he is honoured to have been nominated and ...

State winners named in AFA excellence awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Six state winners have been announced in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Excellence in Education Awards, with the national winner to be announced in October. The award, sponsored by Asteron, applauds independent financial advisers who continue ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
US pension funds have issued a rallying call to President Barack Obama and Members of Congress to act immediately on US debt or risk long term damage to the country's retirement savings. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) released ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Lonsec's general manager of research, Grant Kennaway, has resigned from the research house, effective immediately, and moved to the newly created position of head of fund research, Asia-Pacific at Morningstar. Kennaway has submitted his resignation ...

Institutional appetite for RMBS behind lender acquisition

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
ASX listed Firstfolio has agreed to acquire non-bank mortgage lender Calibre Financial Services amid plans to tap the growing demand from institutional investors to take part in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issues. Firstfolio, a mortgage ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Brace yourself people! We might be in for another rough one this week. Gauging from the S&P 500's 1.2 per cent fall on Friday last week, hang on to your hat Australia. This was reportedly triggered by massive falls in the share price of UniCredit -- ...

Perpetual transitions team around Sevior

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Soon-to-depart star fund manager, John Sevior, may not return to his original role but instead could explore new boutique fund options within the Perpetual organisation, upon his anticipated return from long service leave. Sevior, who manages 33% of ...

Axioma branches out

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
Axioma, providers of decision support, risk analysis, portfolio rebalancing and analysis tools for financial services industry, has announced the launch of its new Global and Regional Risk Models (v 2.1) and the opening of an Australian office. The ...

Treasury Group appoints CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
Treasury Group (TRG) has announced Andrew McGill as the successor to Mark Burgess as chief executive officer. The appointment is effective from 12 July 2011. "We conducted an extensive local and international search for the right candidate and we are ...