Nicholas Applegate withdrawal raises bigger questions


Greg BrightJohn Hamer, the Australian head of Nicholas Applegate, the San Diego-based equities and bond manager, got the phone call about 30 minutes before he was to have an important meeting with his largest client, AMP. Both his sales office in Sydney and the client service office in Melbourne were to be closed with just a few days notice.


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Nicholas Applegate withdrawal raises bigger questions


Greg BrightJohn Hamer, the Australian head of Nicholas Applegate, the San Diego-based equities and bond manager, got the phone call about 30 minutes before he was to have an important meeting with his largest client, AMP. Both his sales office in Sydney and the client service office in Melbourne were to be closed with just a few days notice.

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Of funds managers and real estate agents


Michael BaileyIt takes a lot to shock someone in the superannuation industry these days, but Jeremy Cooper did the trick with his address to the ASFA luncheon in Sydney last month.

The moment you could actually hear the jaws drop was when the ASIC deputy chairman, who’s now running Chris Bowen’s ‘super review’, lumped in those long-suffering funds managers with…real estate agents. And worse, investment bankers.

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Of funds managers and real estate agents


Michael BaileyIt takes a lot to shock someone in the superannuation industry these days, but Jeremy Cooper did the trick with his address to the ASFA luncheon in Sydney last month. The moment you could actually hear the jaws drop was when the ASIC deputy chairman, who’s now running Chris Bowen’s ‘super review’, lumped in those long-suffering funds managers with…real estate agents. And worse, investment bankers.

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Mezzanine finance an investment for the times

Mezzanine finance as an investment opportunity is looking attractive for super funds due to continued difficulties in the bank finance market. The risks, returns and challenges of mezzanine finance are to be discussed at a special one-day seminar in Melbourne July 29.

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Call for calm as super funds near end to shocker year

With what is looming as the worst year for super funds since the Superannuation Guarantee was introduced in 1992, AIST has called on the Government to prioritise a restoration of confidence in its reviews of the super system.

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Navigator acquisition adds scale for NAB

Navigator’s $12 billion life insurance and investment platform, including $1.1 billion in multi-manager product, will be transferred to NAB under an agreement with Aviva Australia to buy its wealth management business for $825 million.

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