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LGS sees benefits in clean energy co-operation

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Government's proposals to reduce the risk of investing in clean energy and technology projects would be a welcome development given the current lack of viable opportunities in Australia. Earlier this week Treasurer Wayne Swan said that the government ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Boutique Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management has won a substantial new mandate in what is regarded as a major success for the quality investor. The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) awarded Hyperion a $600 million ...

BNP Paribas to launch fixed income SMAs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
BNP Paribas Investment Partners will use separately managed accounts to draw retail investors to its new Australian fixed income capability, which will also be available to instos. The French bank will launch its Australian fixed income offering this ...

T. Rowe Price to expand Aus equities team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
The local arm of global fund manager T. Rowe Price is on a hiring spree, with plans to recruit three Australian equities analysts ahead of its launch of a domestic equities product later this year. T. Rowe Price today appointed Viral Patel, formerly ...

MLC cuts two mandates in new strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
MLC Investment Management (MLC IM) ends mandates with Lazard Asset Management and Contango Asset Management as part of its new Australian shares strategy. MLC IM said the portfolios have been reweighted across the remaining eight managers with no plans ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
BlackRock has promoted Mark Oliver to head of its iShares exchange traded fund (ETF) business in Australia. Oliver has been with BlackRock since 2008 and was most recently head of strategic partnerships. Prior to this, he led BlackRock's distribution ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
iShares will launch four new Australian ETFs as the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Challenger Financial Services has staged a strong profit recovery during the year, buoyed by a record performance from its annuities business and a 22 per cent rise in gross assets under management to almost $24 billion. The group reported results this ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Advance Investment Solutions, which oversees BT Financial Group's multi-manager super funds, has tilted portfolios towards riskier assets to benefit from the stock picking skill of the underlying fund managers. Patrick Farrell, head of investment solutions ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AXA Asia Pacific independent directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning ...