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Former Hyperion boss Dr Manny Pohl launches mid cap fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Management managing director Dr. Manny Pohl has launched a new long only, growth style mid cap equity fund via his new venture, ES Pohl & Co. The EC Pohl & CO Mid Market Opportunities fund will focus on stocks outside the ASX top 50 and will also allow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... leapt up by 19 cents to $7.95. And, Oil and gas producer Santos had gained five cents to $12.90 after announcing a joint venture in the Cooper Basin with Drillsearch to accelerate the Western Cooper Wet Gas project commercialisation. The miners were ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... billion) in investor capital, reported Preqin. Other significant capital raisers were Suzhou International Development Venture Capital Holding's fund Urban Construction which raised CNY10 billion (AUD 1.6 billion) and InfraMed which raised a,-385 million ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... the lowest levels since August 2010. In company activity, German engineering giant Siemens drew a line under its joint venture with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares climbed 1.49 per cent to close at 6,307.78 ...

Asian LGBT advice firm headhunts Aussie planners

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... LGBT community in Asia, estimated to be 200 million strong with spending power of more than $800 billion. Under the joint venture, known as LGBT Wealth, LGBT Capital will provide the LGBT-specific information, contacts and marketing, while Financial ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Australia's direct life insurance market has shown significant growth over the last year at the expense of the traditional advice sales channel, according to Rice Warner. Rice Warner's latest Direct Life Insurance Market Report showed direct insurance ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Industry fund NGS Super is currently designing an ethical option that will include environmentally sound investments with other ethical investments such as social benefit bonds (SSBs). "We are taking our current green shares option, and folding that ...

QIC takes stake in US shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
QIC has entered an agreement to buy a 49% joint-venture stake in eight regional shopping malls owned by Forest City Enterprises in the US. QIC's real estate arm will pay $435.6 million for its share of the portfolio, which is valued at $2.05 billion. ...

VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Venture capital accounts for only a tiny portion of Australia's investment market but contributes well above its weight to the economy, according to a report just released by the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The report ...

Bendigo Wealth launches new low-risk income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... averse. They're not considering bonds, and term deposit returns are lower than they'd like - but they're not yet ready to venture back into the equities market either," he continued. "The Income Fund is a stepping stone between investment classes such ...