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Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Ascalon buys stake in TPC

Ascalon Capital Managers Limited has bought a majority stake in The Private Collection (TPC), a distribution business that promotes boutique, international and alternative fund management products to financial planners. "TPC is well positioned to support ...

Quant experts enter new continuum

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Former GMO quantitative managers Max Cappetta and Anthony Corr have resurfaced and teamed up with former MIR quant director Brett McElwee to form their own boutique - Continuum Capital Management. The new boutique will come under the wing of boutique ...

Smart outsourcing or global offloading?

Financial services companies need to change their perception around outsourcing IT functions overseas, according to a panel of IT experts at yesterday's Future of Banking and Financial Services technology conference. Derek Goh, executive general manager ...

Aussie super software turns Kiwi

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
IT systems provider InvestmentLink has announced a software package for managed fund providers offering KiwiSaver schemes or Portfolio Investment Entities (PIE funds) to New Zealand investors. Initially, the package only comes with 'Gatekeeper', designed ...

Billion dollar baby

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
Forget oil or dotcoms, the best way to make money fast is hedge fund management, according to Alpha magazine's top 25 rankings of hedge fund earners, with 2006 winner James Simons personally pulling in a staggering US$1.7 billion. In comparison, last ...

AMP Capital Investors forms JV to manage intl property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AMP Capital Investors has formed a 50/50 joint venture with KG Redding & Associates to manage its global listed property assets. The new company, AMP Capital Redding Investors, becomes the new underlying entity in charge of managing the Global Property ...

Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Future Fund has appointed of a new head of operations and a new head of finance in anticipation of its looming inaugural task of investing $40 billion into the market. Gordon McKellar joins the team as head of operations, making the move from the ...

PIMCO promotes to fill gap in portfolio team

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
PIMCO has promoted internally to replace Kumar Palghat who recently left the team after several years as head of portfolio management Australia. Rob Mead, head of European credit portfolio management and based in PIMCO's Munich office, will take on ...

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 ...