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Macquarie taps forestry opportunities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... forestry land on which they grow. The offering will be open to investors in the lead up to 30 June. According to a press release from Macquarie, the project allows for a mixed investment, incorporating both trees and land. "This offers investors a further ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Mercer has been appointed by Investec Specialist Private Bank to support its high net worth client investment service. Investec will draw on Mercer's forward-looking global research on managers to identify best in class investment products. In particular ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
AMP has teamed up with New Zealand-based tech provider FNZ to improve the online functionality of its separately managed account service. The new features of the AMP Personalised Portfolio, which came into effect this week, include a real time reporting ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has doubled its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan ...

Praemium upgrades V-Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Praemium has revamped its online portfolio administration platform - V-Wrap - to incorporate a single business process, making it easier for advisers to create strategies that meet clients' simple and complex investment needs. The announcement coincides ...

BNP Paribas merger with Fortis complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
BNP Paribas Investment Partners' merger with Fortis Investments is complete, with Robert Harrison appointed chief executive of the 14th largest fund manager in Australia with $24 billion in assets under management. The announcement follows the completion ...

Investec wins $150m AMP Cap mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Investec Asset Management has gained a $150 million mandate from AMP Capital Investors to invest in emerging markets. The investment mandate was invested through AMP Capital's Future Directions multi-manager product to Investec's 4Factor Emerging Markets ...

CalSTRS finances solar energy project

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) and a number of investors have invested more than $175 million to help a solar energy company build 14 solar power plants in the US. The equity finance will be used to support solar energy company Brightsource's contracts ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers has filed a lawsuit for Great Southern investors seeking the court to void loans given to invest into failed agribusiness investment schemes, including loans provided by Adelaide Bank. The class action covers 1,700 investors ...

Schroder appoints specialist to quant team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former Julius Baer executive Luc Simoncini as investment specialist to its global quantitative equity team. The appointment takes the size of Schroders' quantitative equities team worldwide to 19. ...