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CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...

CalPERS reviews cost of hedge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
One of the largest super funds in the US, CalPERS, plans to put more emphasis on a hedge fund manager's long term returns than short term returns when negotiating fund fees - signalling a new way super funds pay for performance. CalPERS said in a press ...

Westpac account promotion misleading

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009

China and India investment themes remain: Actis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Chinese consumer good producers and Indian finance companies are some of the best emerging market private equity opportunities this year, according to specialist private equity firm. After raising almost more than A$4 billion in investments last year ...

Stimulate your package

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... said the firm had sent out an email ahead of the payment suggesting ways to spend it. "If we say pay off all the high interest bearing debt, they're going to hate us even though it might be the right thing to do. So we've suggested they use some of it ...

S&P withdraws two UBS ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... international infrastructure sector is experiencing reasonable growth and investors are continuing to express strong interest in a sector that should be somewhat insulated from economic slowdowns." The infrastructure fund was previously rated 'two stars' ...

Storm enters liquidation

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants starts the process of recovering money on behalf of Storm Financial creditors after the Federal Court placed the firm into liquidation. Following yesterday's decision Storm Financial's appointed liquidators ...

In partners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
Acquiring direct investments involves more than just exchanging contracts - super fund investors have to do more that just the requisite due diligence when selecting co-investors in a consortium. Sam Magee, commercial director of Industry Funds Management ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... standards, laws and trust provisions and monitoring the activities of experts and advisers to the funds. Conflicts of interest and prohibited transactions along with the preparation of an investment policy statement are also addressed. ASFA conducted ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... amount of debt the US government is flooding the market. If this continues, the US would have to offer higher and higher interest rates to entice buyers. The Federal Reserve has virtually guaranteed to keep long-term rates low by purchasing these debts ...