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Lifeplan keeps it in the family

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... beneficiary's account from the NextGen investment. The payments are kept in a 'tax advantaged' status because of the firm's life company status. The investment structure provides more than 50 investment options from 11 Australian fund managers. Matt ...

PE firms gobble Lehman Bros AM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Neuberger Berman, a subsidiary of the now defunct Lehman Brothers, along with a huge slice of the parent company's asset management business has been sold for $2.7 billion to private equity giants Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman. The transaction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... releases its index of commodity prices. The Hudson employment expectations survey for the 4th quarter also is due. In company news, Orica Ltd chief executive Graeme Liebelt addresses the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia in Melbourne. ...

Japan bank buys $11bn of Morgan Stanley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) bought more than $11 billion in Morgan Stanley equity for a 21 per cent interest in the company, a deal that forms an alliance between the two firms to pursue corporate and investment banking opportunities. The deal ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... Times. The failure of the bill, however, has no impact on the funding arrangement already put in place for AIG, parent company for AIG Life Australia. This is because on 16 September, the US Federal Reserve agreed to assist AIG via a US$85 billion Secured ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... asset management businesses owned by Aviva plc, will operate under the one umbrella. The end result, Aviva Investors, is a company worth nearly $500 billion across 21 locations. Aviva Investors combines businesses in Australia (Portfolio Partners) France ...

Fortis bank $19.5bn bail-out 'stabilises' FIA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... under management handled on clients' behalf are sitting with the fund manager's external custodians and not on the parent company's balance sheet. "In actual fact, Fortis was and is still well capitalised...but from Fortis Investments Australia's point ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... markets. "The negative impact comes despite our lack of any significant exposure to the sub-prime market, the finance company sector, or to the liquidity strains suffered by many financial institutions. "The Fund deliberately invests in global equity ...

Ex-Intech CEO joins Deloitte

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Intech Investment Consultants' former chief executive Michael Monaghan has joined Deloitte's superannuation practice. Monaghan's appointment, along with the recruitment of senior Big Four superannuation tax partner, Noelle Kelleher, follow Deloitte's ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... It's really about how these guys changing their spreadsheets, investment risk and come up with a different price for a company," he said. "Child labour in Asia for example, how much do I discount that company because of that? 30 per cent? 10 per cent? ...