JP Morgan is ramping up the guard in its Treasury & Securities Services division, to capitalise on its recent agreement to acquire the ANZ Custodian Services business.
Watson Wyatt/Towers merger adds insurance, strengthens investments
Watson Wyatt has added an important new stream to its Australian operation and strengthened its global investment advice business through the finalisation yesterday of its worldwide merger with Towers Perrin. Omega widens offering with new bond trusts
Omega Global Investors, the fixed interest manager formed in 2008 by three former Vanguard Investments executives, is to widen its client offering with the launch of two trusts this quarter. Milestone strengthens European management
Systems provider Milestone Group has boosted its European operation with the relocation of co-founder Phil Davies from Sydney to London and the recruitment of a managing director.
Hatfield goes global with Triple A Partners deal
Hatfield Advisors, a third-party marketer and researcher of alternative products, has linked with the Asian-based third-party marketing business Triple A Partners.
Eight gets underway with two more senior appointments
Eight Investment Partners, the new Pan Asian equities boutique, has started business in earnest with the recruitment of two high-profile professionals. Chris Cuffe’s Christmas cheer
Chris Cuffe’s Third Link Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark by 23.7 percentage points in the year to November, lifted its funds under management by 75 per cent and was able to pay over to charities about $40,000 a month via his association with the Social Ventures Australia (SVA) group. NSW State Super to stick with financial planning
NSW State Super has abandoned plans to sell the State Super Financial Services financial planning business, instead buying Australian Reward Investment Alliance out of its 22.5 per cent stake, and seeking to revamp the business to exploit a “post-Cooper world”, according to State Super chair, Don Russell. …as Watson Wyatt rains on Russell’s ETF parade
Just as one of the world’s major consulting and multimanager groups is about to launch Australia’s first active exchange-traded funds (ETFs), an arch-rival consulting firm has questioned the attractiveness of the investment vehicle for institutional investors.
Merli-click:Telstra Super CIO exclusive tops I&T News’ 2009 charts
When Steve Merlicek unveils his new investment team at IOOF, as he is expected to do soon, it will be a well-read story on I&T News if the former Telstra Super CIO’s track record is anything to go by.
Chris Cuffe's Christmas cheer
Chris Cuffe’s Third Link Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark by 23.7 percentage points in the year to November, lifted its funds under management by 75 per cent and was able to pay over to charities about $40,000 a month via his association with the Social Ventures Australia (SVA) group. …as Watson Wyatt rains on Russell's ETF parade
Just as one of the world’s major consulting and multimanager groups is about to launch Australia’s first active exchange-traded funds (ETFs), an arch-rival consulting firm has questioned the attractiveness of the investment vehicle for institutional investors.
