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Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
'There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington D.C. and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands.' This was US Democratic representative Gary Ackerman's comments to the CEO's of the big three US carmakers ...

The Cambridge Strategy appoints MD

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Active currency risk manager The Cambridge Strategy has appointed Bob Colehan as managing director-portfolio management. Colehan will be responsible for G10 currencies. The Cambridge Strategy said this appointment acknowledges the critical importance ...

Murray to leave Perpetual after restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Perpetual is integrating its property securities division into its Australian equities arm, with head of property securities Sean Murray exiting the company in the process. Perpetual is restructuring its property security investment division by integrating ...

Macquarie takes market hit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
It's been a tough six months for Macquarie's wrap and fund divisions as falling markets offset otherwise strong platform inflows and slash fund profits to as much as 80 per cent less than what they were previously. Macquarie Group posted a half year ...

BTIM seeks ESG credit reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
BT Investment Management's multi strategies team wants to broaden its analysis to cover each company's entire capital structure and extend its ethical fund's investment universe to investment grade credit. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head ...

Securitor academy set for Feb opening

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Asgard Wealth Solution's planning division, Securitor is launching its first paraplanning academy workshop in February. The paraplanning academy is a blend of self-study distance learning and two three-day face-to-face workshops. Participants will learn ...

Consultum pumps $1m into tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Consultum Financial Advisers is investing more than $1 million into the development of its software program to help give advisers the edge in today's bear market. The decision to pump dollars into its software program stems from the firm's focus to ...

Platform wedge over pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Platform providers are divided on how unlisted investments should be accounted for and included on platforms but growing investor allocation towards illiquid assets could force the sector to adopt an industry-wide solution. Rick Di Cristoforo, managing ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Aviva's global asset management division is launching three socially responsible investment (SRI) initiatives, including greater corporate voting actions and a renewable energy fund. Aviva Investors annual general meeting (AGM) voting practices will ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...