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China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Strong leadership, effective planning and a willingness to learn from Western economies guarantees the Chinese economy's growth is sustainable and will continue to flourish, according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. ...

ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... marketplace." Jacques de Vaucleroy, ING Group member of the executive board, said the purchase was inline with the group's strategic focus on banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services. This announcement follows the purchase of administration ...

Lord Stern launches carbon ratings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... investors and companies participating in the carbon market. The CRA ratings will operate similarly to credit ratings but focus on each project's or investment's likelihood of delivering its stated emissions reductions in its stated time period. The ratings ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... highest level in 19 years. Indeed one of the great ironies during the Howard government's reign was that despite a media focus on refugee asylum policy, immigration during the years 1997-2007 increased two-and-a-half times from 72,200 to its current ...

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... changes we see [include] more need for transparency, particularly the separate identification of alpha and beta, an increased focus on risk and the increased appetite for direct investment in private equity and hedge funds."

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... Alan Harmer, Sigrun chief executive and Sriram Srinivas on Sigrun's board. Basile said Sigrun would complement Ascalon's focus on investing and supporting market leaders in financial services. "The investment team at Sigrun has a three year track record ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... managing director at Franklin Templeton Investments in Australia. "This is reflected in a number of market trends including the focus on risk adjusted excess returns and demand for absolute return and high conviction strategies," she said. The research-driven ...

Aspen appoints property CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Property investment and funds management firm, Aspen Group appointed Jonathan Timms to the newly created position of property chief executive. Prior to this appointment, Timms spent nine years in a number of senior roles within AMP Capital Investors' ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... We think that the most appropriate way to really understand what's going on, is to remove our attention from price, and focus on quantity," he said. The rising cost of oil is a good example. Jones argues that there is a distinct need to "do more with ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... Humphrey, a PhD student at the University of Queensland Business School and author of the report, mum-and-dad investors tend to focus on relative fund performance and "raw" returns while institutions focus on more sophisticated alpha and risk metrics. ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA
Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI
MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI
Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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