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AUI adds three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... Services Institute of Australasia. Walker was previously with Orchard Funds Management and has also worked with InvestorWeb Research, Navigator Australia, and Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning. Walker will be responsible for helping identify opportunities ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... decline forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a little over a month ago. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) expects Germany's economy to decrease by more than 3 per cent this year, also worse than the IMF's prediction for a ...

DC plans to axe managers

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... defined contribution plan sponsors in the US are expected to replace their underperforming fund managers in 2009, new research shows. According to Lori Lucas, defined contribution leader at US-based Callan Associates, the credit crisis has redefined ...

Perpetual appoints new staff, Walsh exits

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... institutional sales and service, Asia Pacific. Campbell has been with Perpetual since 2000 and was most recently general manager research and analytics for Perpetual Investments. Perpetual also sourced talent from outside the firm and appointed Warwick ...

Zenith wins clients and adds to team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has won four new clients, appointed former Property Investment Research (PIR) associate director, Dugald Higgins, to manage its new direct property research division and added an additional investment analyst, Graeme Miller ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... in Europe lost over US$500 billion in net redemptions in the year through to September. Jag Alexeyev, head of global research at Strategic Insight, said the findings could signal a powershift in asset management activity towards Asia - with far-reaching ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... areas of our business," he said. In turn, around 2,500 advisers are giving Accelerate the thumbs up for its initiatives. Research conducted last July - when the product was still in its development stages - indicated advisers were interested in what ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... statement, JANA Investment Advisers was chosen because the fund believes the consultant's expertise, depth and quality of research would result in strong investment returns for their members. This announcement means Telstra Super's asset consultant relationship ...

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... for the estimated $58 billion of funds under advice (FUA) built up when advisers rushed to cash products last year. New research released today titled Macquarie/Investment Trends Alternative Investments: Planner Repor t gave an insight on where planners ...