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VFMC ex-chief to chair MCFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Sydney Bone, the former chief executive of $30 billion VFMC, has re-emerged as chairman of the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies (MCFS). Bone was until recently chief executive of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation which manages the state's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association release their Australian performance of construction index for May. In company news, OceanaGold Corporation and Paragon Care Ltd hold annual general meetings in Melbourne. Optus chief executive Paul ...

AMP Cap continues senior hiring spree

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
AMP Capital Investors hired Warwick Mancini as head of investment specialists for unlisted assets and Brigette Leckie as senior investment specialist for Asia Pacific equities. Mancini joins AMP Capital Investors from Macquarie Group where he worked ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Pension funds around the world are expected to pump up their $547 billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers are expected to heap an ...

BlackRock wins Lonsec top rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
BlackRock's balanced funds have been upgraded by Lonsec to "Highly Recommended" - making BlackRock the only single-manager diversified fund offering to receive the top rating. Lonsec upgraded BlackRock's balanced funds from "Recommended" to its current ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... speaks in James Cook University's business excellence series. The South Australian government will deliver its budget. In company news, Sino Gold Ltd president and chief executive Jake Klein addresses Melbourne Mining Club. Companies holding annual meetings ...

Fin advice satisfaction down: Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index fell 4.3 per cent in the last six months, with financial planning clients unevenly split between those who are likely to stick with their planner and those that are more vulnerable to cutting ...

Changing the face of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Market your super fund as a financial security company and you'll engage the most materialistic group of people in history - Generation Y, said an industry expert. Scott Pape, author and founder of The Barefoot Investor and a speaker at today's Rainmaker ...

Intech CEO to leave after buyout

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... One of Intech's clients, Suncorp, has come out to give the buyout its support. "We believe this is a logical fit for a company with Intech's history and strong track record of independent and leading research," Suncorp group executive Geoff Summerhayes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... will be released. Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian performance of services index for May is due. In company news, the Australian National Retailers Association Retail Nation 2009 conference take places, with speakers including Woolworths ...