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Financial planning

The recent spate of new faces at BT Funds Management is the current phase in what has been an active revolving door over the past 12 months....

People & Products

Headley departs BT

BT Funds Management head of Australian equities Rohan Headley will leave the group after 13 years....

Financial planning

Hamson takes top Westpac investment job

Don Hamson is to take over as Westpac Financial Services (WFS) chief investment officer, following the move of Shaun Mays to sole managing director of the group....

Financial planning

CIM resists trend to distribution

Commonwealth Investment Management (CIM) has indicated it will continue to create investment products and develop distribution despite a trend by a number of its competit...

Financial planning

Invesco restructure continues

Invesco Asset Management has made further staff changes following its acquisition of County Investment Management....

Financial planning

Green departs Perpetual amid restructure

Perpetual Investments managing director Rodney Green has stepped down amid a major restructure of Perpetual Trustees...

Financial planning

Sheehan to replace DeHart at HSBC

Former IOOF general manager Barry Sheehan is to take the wheel at HSBC Asset Management (Australia), replacing Robert DeHart who is retiring....

Financial planning

Defensive outlook to dominate coming months

Defensive investment strategies will be crucial in the coming months as advisers reach investment crossroads, according to Deutsche Asset Management chief investment offi...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse investment chief departs

Credit Suisse Asset Management (Australia) chief investment officer Tim Ryan has resigned, citing personal reasons for his sudden departure....

Financial planning

Absolute returns move into spotlight

Absolute return funds, or hedge funds, are becoming new sources of returns as downturns in the market begin to take effect according to Deutsche Asset Management (DAM) gl...

Financial planning

Macquarie revamps investment process

Macquarie Funds Management has revamped its investment process in response to its flailing Australian equities performance....

Financial planning

ANZ scores AXA executive

AXA Australia senior executive Mark Armour is leaving the group after nearly 19 years to head up the ANZ investment management team....

Financial planning

Morony departure hurts BT rating

BT Funds Management has suffered a ratings downgrade due to the recent departure of chief investment officer Andre Morony....

Financial planning

Bingham set for top job at Portfolio Partners

Co-founder of Portfolio Partners, Keith Ince, has stepped down from his role as co-managing director of the Norwich-owned fund manager....

Funds management

End of year surge for listed property

Asset classes encountered another topsy turvy month in the last month of 2000 with poor results in equity markets juxtaposed against a soaring listed property trust class...