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GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Homegrown fund manager Global Value Investors (GVI) flags plans to offer its flagship retail fund to institutional clients. Established in February 2005, the GVI is seeking to launch its flagship Global Industrial Share Fund to institutional clients. ...

Macquarie buys Allegiance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Macquarie Bank's Funds Management Group (MFMG) has deepened its roots in the US funds management market by scooping up California-based fixed income fund manager, Allegiance Investment Management. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed ...

Australia dubbed the educational hub

Kaplan Professional, The Washington Post-owned group that bought Tribeca and Finsia's educational arm last year, has flagged plans to make Australia an "educational hub" in the Asia-Pacific region. While the name Kaplan is little known locally - up ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The global hedge fund industry is in for a major makeover as hedge fund replication tools or "clones" permeate through the sector to deliver returns at the fraction of traditional costs. Banking giant Goldman Sachs spearheaded the cloning phenomenon ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Mortgage managers and originators say they are taking the news of Macquarie Bank's decision to quit the mortgage market in their stride, insisting they had multiple funding sources and could replace the Macquarie funding without feeling any impact on ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Pengana Capital has acquired the Saltbush Absolute Return Fund, which has outperformed the ASX 300 Accumulation Index by 6.8 per cent over the last 12 months. John Parker and Stephen Goldberg, joint portfolio managers of the fund, join the team, with ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The tiny principality of Liechtenstein, famous for its status as a global tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector ...

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
ING Australia extends its distribution business after buying 37.5 per cent of Perth-based dealer group, Sentry Financial Group. ING Australia (INGA) occupies a seat on Sentry Financial Group's board as part of the funding arrangement. Ross Bowden, INGA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... earlier rally. Traders said there was disappointment with aspects of bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc's capital-raising plan. The Nasdaq rose slightly, helped by Microsoft Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 9.61 points, or 0.08 per ...

Macquarie to downsize mortgage staff

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Macquarie Securitisation Ltd confirmed today that it is seeking to cut back the number of its mortgage origination staff following this morning's announcement that the group is winding back its Australian residential mortgage origination services. Peter ...