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Hyperion chairman abdicates

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The chairman of boutique value manager Hyperion Asset Management, Charles Kiefel, has resigned from his role after three years in the position citing future potential conflicts of interest risks. Kiefel said there could be future conflicts between Hyperion's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker despite a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0753 AEST, the September share price index contract was down seven points to 4954. Today, Wesfarmers, Boral and Cochlear will release ...

MacarthurCook shares up five-fold as FUM tops $1bn

Property fund specialist MacarthurCook is riding the crest of the managed property fund boom with its shares up 455 per cent and funds under management (FUM) reaching $1 billion in just over three years. "MacarthurCook's growth has been breathtaking ...

Spectrum Super adds and subtracts from menu

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Trustee SMF Funds Management has announced changes to the Spectrum Super investment menu after a review of available options, resulting in significant additions and some funds being removed from the list. New funds to be added to the menu are the Bendigo ...

VIC and TAS region hungry for financial planners

A national recruitment firm has reported a staggering 80 per cent increase in financial planning job ads for the Melbourne, regional Victorian and Tasmanian regions in the last six months alone, twice the demand in Sydney and NSW. The data was released ...

Watson Wyatt boosts investment team

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Watson Wyatt Australia has boosted its investment consulting team, appointing a former McKinsey & Company investment consultant. Andrew Grimes, also one time UK equity fund manager for Schroder Investment Management in London has been working with McKinsey ...

IFM open for business in London

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has opened an office in London and appointed three staff, including a local infrastructure specialist. Tony Clamp, formerly head of project finance at RWE Thames Water and a former employee of the International Finance ...

Legacy product solution on its way

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
The issue of product rationalization is "firmly on the government's radar" and a policy will be finalized before the end of the year, according to a Treasury delegate, who addressed attendees at the IFSA annual conference last Friday. Manager for the ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Private equity was being promoted yesterday as the major alternative source of returns for fund managers with the promise of returns as high as 31 per cent year on year over 20 years. According to founder and executive chairman of CHAMP Private Equity ...

In dividends we trust: AQR

A leading US-based money manager on a flying visit to Australia regaled his audience at a BT Financial press briefing with his thoughts on market behaviour and concluded that when it comes to making money, companies that pay dividends rule. Cliff Asness ...