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BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams. The 10 redundancies are the result of changes to the firm's Australian property team, A-REIT and marketing teams, all other investment teams ...

Bakers portfolio rated 'investment grade'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Bakers Investment Group's Alternative Energy Customised Portfolio received an 'investment grade' rating from Aegis. Bakers Investment Group manage the model portfolio which is distributed by BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) using a separately ...

More planners to use SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
More than 80 per cent of financial planners and other wealth management professionals who offer separately managed accounts (SMA) to their clients see SMAs as a tool to generate a new revenue stream for their business, a survey shows. The findings came ...

RaboPlus cuts platform fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
RaboPlus is setting the tone for other platform providers by dumping its 75 basis point entry fee on all managed funds until the end of the year to encourage retail investors back into the markets. The firm's online savings and investment platform provides ...

UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
UBS has dropped negotiations with portfolio administration provider, PrA|mium to supply its services to the firm's Australian wealth management division. UBS appointed PrA|mium as a preferred tender in November last year, however the firm said it will ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The $63 billion Future Fund's overweight allocation to cash has paid off in the first quarter of this year - losing a mere 1.81 per cent when many funds suffered double-digit losses over the same period. This result, combined with the 2007/08 year ...

Instreet calls on expertise for funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Instreet is using the global expertise of Schroders and BlackRock to provide investors with access to cheap global securities and commodities via two new funds. Both open-ended funds provide daily subscriptions and redemptions as well as continuous ...

Intech appoints Hawkey to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Intech Investments appointed former Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) board member, Daryl Hawkey as independent non executive director to its board. Hawkey's banking and funds management career spans 40 years, working at Sagitta Wealth ...

Four funds crossed off "On Hold" list

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Four funds have been struck off Standard & Poor's "On Hold" list after reassuring the ratings house they are fully capable of executing their mandates despite ASIC's shorting ban. S&P removed its "On Hold" ratings for the Advance Global Alpha Fund ...

Where to in global equities?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The demise of Lehman Brothers and the rushed sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America are just the latest examples of the ongoing financials fallout. But does it mean the sector is now full of bargain stocks carried in the sweep? Not quite - and not ...