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Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Investors want companies to start giving them more cash back, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. According to the results from the Merrill Lynch Global and Regional Fund Manager Survey 53 per cent of investors would prefer companies ...

A whole new world of indexes: Russell

Russell Investment Group has launched a family of global stock indexes designed to adopt to the changing investment landscape where the line between "emerging" and "developed markets" continue to blur. The indexes are modeled after the group's popular ...

Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings predicts that the earnings growth of the country's largest banks will likely be 'moderate' this year compared to last year due to increased competition for the consumer dollar and lesser housing finance deals. "For ...

Macquarie gives $11 million helping hand

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Macquarie Bank Foundation and staff contributed over $11 million to more than 400 community organisations in 2006, making it one of the leading benefactors to the community sector. The Macquarie Bank Foundation aims to provide financial support as well ...

SELECT tops hedge fund ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Two of Select Asset Management's (SELECT) alternative investment funds have topped Standard & Poor's (S&P) hedge fund rankings with both receiving five star ratings. The Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund and a two times leveraged version of the fund ...

Bullish on international equities, bearish on bonds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Two surveys reveal investors are expecting big things from international equities next year though they remain bearish on bonds, but the mixed results for Australian equities suggests divided sentiment on the sector. According to the Russell December ...

Suncorp-Promina integration costs lower than expected

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Management of Suncorp and Promina believe integrating the two organisations will cost $355 million, slightly less than first estimated. Promina said last night in the booklet published in connection with the shareholder vote due in early 2007 that merger ...

Sovereign MF building up its aged care portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Boutique property funds manager and developer Sovereign MF has acquired a $5.2 million aged care facility for its Sovereign Viculus Aged Care Property Fund. The Evanelia by the Sea aged care facility is located in Parkdale, Victoria, and is made up ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Default investment options of not-for-profit funds as a group continue to outperform master trust default options but the gap has narrowed by two-thirds in just the last three years. According to research just released by Rainmaker, in 2003-04 the gap ...

Orix sells to Allco

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
Finance company Orix Australia has sold three of its five business divisions to Allco Finance Group. The business, equipment and commercial property finance operations will form part of the restructure of Allco Hybrid Investment Trust, which was announced ...