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Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... managing director Peter Edwards added: "The fund represents an evolution in funding philanthropic endeavours akin to social venture bonds and crowd sourcing. "As a family that's involved in both the operation and funding of charities, we are very excited ...

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... founded in 1981 and, as it turns out, the timing of that first investment was pretty good. "It was a rather opportunistic venture," Paramor says. "We launched it at the start of an unbundling process for the investment industry when it was moving away ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... advantage itself forms a barrier to entry for new players," the submission said. In July 2014, Coles announced a joint venture with GE Capital to provide credit cards and personal loan products, including new payment technologies such as the Coles Mobile ...

AMP half year profit falls 3%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... for the first half of 2013. This was driven by the new inflows generated by the China Life AMP Asset Management joint venture and improved flows from the MUTB alliance. "It is particularly pleasing to see AMP's offshore strategy already delivering good ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... the $60 million raised for its Alternatives Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real estate. The Listed Investment Company (LIC) is Australia's only ...

Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone has entered into a joint venture with ID_Land to establish the Folkestone Truganina Development Fund. The Fund has acquired an 80% interest in a 52.5 hectare residential master planned community in Melbourne's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... 5,504.5. NEW YORK - The Dow Jones Industrial Average has bolted to a new record as strong Intel earnings and a new IBM venture boosted the blue-chip index. The Dow jumped 77.52 points (0.45 per cent) to 17,138.20 on Wednesday. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

NAB custody confirms partnership speculation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... National Australia Bank would not comment on which institutions NAS was talking to, nor the structure of the partnership venture. She said that the announcement came in response to industry speculation that NAS was looking into partnering with global ...

Perennial chief executive steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... financial services industry. Perennial is a specialist, active investment management firm. Formed in 1999 through a joint venture between senior investment professionals and IOOF, Perennial manages approximately $19 billion (as at 31 March 2014) on behalf ...

AMP targets Asian investors with new UCITS funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Singapore." The move is part of AMP Capital's long-term growth plan in the region. It follows the announcement of a joint venture with China Life in January. The first joint product, China Life AMP Money Market Fund, raised a record US$2 billion during ...