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Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations. The study ...

Meet the $9b intangible fund

In a short visit to Sydney, a London based fund manager from Morgan Stanley explained why investors have poured nearly $9 billion (US$7 billion) into a portfolio that values companies based on their 'invisible' assets. In Australia the fund has attracted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a slighter stronger lead from Wall Street on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0711 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 11 points to 5935. On the corporate front, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...

Stenham wins best long-term FOHF

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
London based fund of hedge funds (FOHF) specialist Stenham Asset Management has started 2007 in style, being awarded the Best Long-Term Achievement Award at the European Hedge Fund of Funds Awards. It was the second year in a row that Stenham went home ...

AFS reflects on a good year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
On the back of a year which saw Australian Financial Services (AFS) return to being 100 per cent adviser owned, the dealer group announced it had also achieved 40 per cent growth in profitability and finished the year with 21 additional practices. The ...

Smith to depart ASFA

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
Philippa Smith has announced her resignation as chief executive officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Smith has been at the helm of ASFA for the past nine years. "I am immensely proud of what I and the team at ASFA ...

Vision Super eyes shopping sprees in China

Vision Super plans to cash in on China's economic growth by awarding a $38.5 million property mandate to the Macquarie Wanda Real Estate Fund, an investment vehicle focusing on Chinese shopping centres. "The opportunities in Australia's direct property ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was higher at noon with strong commodity stocks and a good lead from Wall Street pushing the bourse into record territory. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 32.2 points higher at 5968.8 while the all ordinaries also ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to fill the role left by the promotion of former deputy Glenn Stevens to the role of governor. After more than three decades in various ...