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Centro direct property funds grow assets

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
The Centro Direct Property Fund (DPF) and the Centro Direct Property Fund International (DPFI) have finalised a combined $950 million investment into the jointly owned Centro Retail Investment Trust (CRIT). CRIT is an unlisted Centro trust which owns ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Improving international equities and property markets have helped super funds recover their returns to an average 12.2 per cent for the year to end April, up from 10 per cent as at end March, according to SelectingSuper. In the latest SelectingSuper ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Private equity is about high long-term returns but its ability to add diversification to a portfolio is limited, according to a recent Watson Wyatt report. The Watson Wyatt Private Equity Explained report said that private equity as an asset class ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Vanguard's Colin Bold has taken out the award for Marketer of the Year at the 2007 Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards. More than 250 attendees were on hand to see Bold, head of marketing for Vanguard, take out the open award for Marketer of the Year. ...

Austock adds to award-winning research team

Austock Group today announced the addition of three new analysts to its award winning research team. Former BBY analyst John Bounaccorsi will join as the diversified financial services analyst, while ex-Alliance Bernstein analyst Thomas Hudson joins ...

Grange adds senior positions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Grange Securities, part of the US$225 billion Lehman Brothers group, has made two senior appointments to its investment management division to work alongside chief executive officer, Paul O'Halloran, to expand the Grange Asset Management business. Mark ...

B&B, Primelife form largest retirement fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Primelife, Australia's largest retirement village provider, yesterday announced a joint venture with Babcock and Brown to create Australia's largest listed senior living specialist fund - Babcock & Brown Communities Group (BBC). Under the terms of the ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

Macquarie signs InfoComp for debt and alternatives

InfoComp has scored a coup by being selected by Macquarie to provide a host of software solutions, including solutions for Macquarie gearing products and alternative investments. Under the deal, Composer will support four critical functions: sales and ...

Bank branches finally start to sell wealth product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
After years of trying, bank branches are finally starting to successfully sell wealth management products and improve their cross-sell rates. Westpac reported that the number of bank-originated home loan customers taking out home and contents insurance ...