Aberdeen Asset Management (Australia) chief executive, Bill Bovingdon, intends to continue in his dual role running Australian fixed income even when the size of his business trebles, assuming the ...

A direct report to Challenger funds management boss Rob Adams will move on to become managing director of boutique incubator Ascalon next week, following the departure of previous Ascalon chief, Nick ...

Skandia Australia laid off nearly 10 per cent of its workforce last Thursday, amid growing speculation that the platform provider and asset consultant will soon be sold. (more…) The Australian ...

Funds need to engage with members and their insurance providers in order to help overcome the under insurance problem in this country. A recent roundtable held by Investment & Tec ...

An $11 billion Australian funds manager is seeking expressions of interest from would-be suppliers of custody and investment administration services. (more…) The long-time general manager of ...

The continued demand for after-tax returns and reporting presents a business opportunity for custodians, according to chief executive of QSuper, Rosemary Vilgan, who has just implemented QIC’s Omega ...

The master custody contract for the giant ARIA public sector scheme has gone out to tender, at a time when BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a new funds manager client and perhaps two fiduciary ...

The Chinese like their records, and heaven knows they are good at counting. With a population of 1.3 billion, they can usually expect quite a few world records in various endeavours. In economic terms ...

The outlook for hedge fund-of-funds in Australia has brightened a little, with an industry fund that redeemed all of its investments in 2008 continuing to rebuild its exposure, with Aurum Funds ...

Advance Asset Management has terminated any new flows to the Boston Company, one of four managers underlying the $1.2 billion Advance International Shares Multi-Blend Fund, following the loss of six ...

The Kinghorn family-controlled Sigma Alpha International has split up responsibility for research and advisory in the asset consultancy it purchased, CPG, with Brett Westbrook taking on a new role as ...

Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) has increased its allocation to emerging market equities from 3 to 6 percent, reducing some of its weighting in Australian equities. The $28 billion ...