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Advisers happier with wrap service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... satisfied financial advisers using Macquarie Wrap has increased by seven per cent to 91 per cent over a one-year period. The research, found 93 per cent of advisers are satisfied with the telephone support they have received and almost three fifths were ...

Zurich expands investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... has added three new staff to the firm's investment team, including an investment analyst, a relationship manager and a research manager. Elliot Bullock was hired as an investment analyst after recently graduating from the University of Technology Sydney. ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... deal with changing macro economic conditions, according to van Eyk. Nigel Wilkin-Smith, van Eyk head of the strategic research unit, said financial planners must be more proactive in their portfolio management. "Financial advisers cannot rely on the ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... current crisis, says Landau, is staying true to the firm's disciplined approach that emphasises intensive fundamental research in picking stocks. "It will remain the same approach we have had since we set up in Australia [in 2007] - we're very consistent ...

Legg Mason expands team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Legg Mason Australian Equities has appointed ex-Citigroup small cap expert Julian Mulcahy as portfolio manager and research analyst for Australian small companies. Mulcahy will focus his efforts on listed Australian companies that fall outside the S&P/ASX ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

Rainmaker has just completed a major research expansion, boosting the investment option coverage in its online adviser and super fund web software to a massive 25,000 investment options. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... leading company to report an increase in its inflows. All other companies saw their inflows drop," noted the Plan for Life research for the September 2008 quarter. David Anderson, worldwide partner at Mercer and head of outsourcing for Asia-Pacific ...

Aberdeen Financials fund rated 'three star'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Research and ratings firm, Standard & Poor's has given the Aberdeen Financials Fund a 'three star' rating. The fund is managed using a bottom-up investment approach and features a low five per cent annual portfolio turnover. Mark Daniels, Aberdeen head ...

AWM consolidates RSE licences

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... from platforms and Questor managed $6 billion in FUM from platforms. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said Australian Wealth Management's decision could affect the firm's product suite. "This is a significant trustee company ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... investment style than say [another manager] which changes their portfolio three times a year," said Roger Collison, head of research for Tyndall's intrinsic values equities team. A direct result of this transaction is the implementation of the UN PRI ...