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State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... management team, are expected to join State Street following the close of the transaction, which does not include Goldman Sachs' Prime Brokerage business. "Servicing alternative assets remains a strategic focus for State Street. We expect that GSAS clients ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I lead" promised Julia Gillard. Liar, liar, deym liars. ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian men aged over 50, highly educated, financially literate and managing their own super are the most likely victims of organised investment fraud, according to a new report from the ACC. Minister of Justice Jason Clare yesterday released the ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... funds to use higher interest rates for long term calculations may postpone the need for benefit cuts, which has been of prime concern. Earlier this year Goldman Sachs AM was sued by the Netherlands' largest pension fund, ABP in a bid to claim back losses ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Telstra Super will be investing $250 million in the $6bn Barangaroo development alongside the Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... Barclays has reached a level that risks damaging the franchise - I cannot let that happen," The scandal, which has resulted in Prime Minister David Cameron announcing a full parliamentary inquiry, now looks likely to envelop the Bank of England. Barclays ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a full parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... Australia could be much simpler. "I bet none of those who have given significantly and irrevocably have had a letter from the prime minister or the governor general to say - we just wanted to write to you and say what an outstanding commitment you've ...

Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a $320 million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... unlimited," she said on Thursday. Merkel's warning came as French president Francois Hollande was in Rome for talks with prime minister Mario Monti on growth strategies and EU integration four days before the crucial elections in Greece. According to ...