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Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The once established "Centro" name is now often synonymous with the words "problematic", "collapsed" and "embattled", but other property fund managers have begun to see silver linings following the Centro meltdown. Listed property funds manager, Aspen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower on a negative lead from Asian and European markets and large falls in commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 158 points at ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief investment officer, Leo de Bever, delivers on the strategy he outlined a year ago after the fund's allocation to external fund managers falls from 100 per cent before he joined to almost 75 per cent ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

Mercer expands RI team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Mercer has appointed six responsible investment specialists to its responsible investment consulting division citing growing demand for the sector. Jordan Berger, Kelly Gauthier, Susanna Jacobson, Eric Gelfgren, Xinting Jia and Megumi Terayama join ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
While Australian exports are booming and industry is rolling along so well that their biggest complaint is why there is too little labour supply, our high current account deficit (CAD) means we are more vulnerable than we think, no matter how much we ...

China to lead IPOs again in 2008

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
The Australian and US share markets may be going through some turbulence, but IPOs in China are working to a different script as the volume of new listings in 2008 looks set to almost double compared to this time last year. According to the Thomson ...

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Disgraced Tasmania-based financial adviser Adam Grant has been permanently banned from providing financial services after being caught manipulating broker codes to siphon commission payments. ASIC banned Grant, who was employed with Shadforths Limited ...

Macq wrap adds 12 more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Macquarie Wrap today announced that it has included 12 new investment funds across its various platforms during December, bringing the total number of funds to approximately 640. Of significant note is the addition of seven Russell Investment Group ...