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Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...

High net worth, high expectations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... friends. "There is not one way to market towards high net worth clients, but I've found if you are successful in developing a plan for these clients, then they will tell their friends which will bring in more client on your books," said Fielke.

Perpetual appoints ex-Lend Lease CFO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Perpetual has appointed Roger Burrows to the role of chief financial officer, replacing John Nesbitt, who will take up the position of group executive private wealth. Burrows joins Perpetual with over 25 years experience in a range of industries including ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Investors should be looking to invest in emerging markets and shares that benefit from market volatility in the coming year, according to Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director. Speaking at the SPAA conference, van Eyk said investors should ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...

MillhouseIAG buys Huntley

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Homegrown private equity fund manager MillhouseIAG Ltd has snapped up boutique fund manager the Huntley Group, enabling the firm to expand its international fund management business. MillhouseIAG founder and chief executive David Millhouse said the ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... dealers to sell AAA-rated mortgage-backed securities to the US Fed on more favourable terms. The second dimension to the plan is that the US Fed will increase the currency swap arrangements it put in place with the European Central Bank and the Swiss ...

FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... contradiction to the law as a set of professional guidelines. Minimum research standards, building an appropriate financial plan, clear communication, financial planner obligations and client rights are outlined in the Practice Standards. Previously ...

Genesys consolidates two practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Two firms under the Genesys Wealth Advisers umbrella have joined forces to form Aspire2. Genesys has boosted its stake in member firms within the group after completing a deal with Perth based financial practice Aspire2. The transaction included a combination ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

Green energy is the new black in private equity after Baring Asia injected $95 million into an energy investment company in China, home to the third largest reservoir of coalbed methane, an alternative fuel source. Baring Private Equity Asia, which ...