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Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... speed of the transfer. "There is a great deal of interest in the broader financial services community," said Costello. "Our plan is that we are able to begin the transition of assets out of the Reserve Bank during this financial year." Costello went ...

Abacus beds down hotel fund

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Abacus Property Group has launched a retail fund giving investors exposure to hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand. The fund will provide a regular income stream from the hotel operation profits as well as potential future capital growth. ...

Passive hedge fund investing in vogue

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Tracker Fund attracted an impressive US$5 billion of investor money in the past two years, proof that more investors want hedge fund performance but at "index" fees. "While the [tracker] fund was set up in ...

ANZ appoints ops and IT head

ANZ has appointed David Cartwright as group managing director in operations, technology and shared services, following the planned retirement of Mike Grime. Cartwright will move from the United Kingdom where he was previously the chief executive officer ...

Asgard welcomes head of corporate super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
Asgard Wealth Solutions has appointed a new head of corporate super to help drive growth in the division. Darren Whereat leaves MLC to take up his new appointment as head of business superannuation with Asgard saying it intends to aggressively target ...

Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The wealth management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006. This is due largely to an increase in superannuation inflows and solid returns in the ...

BT partners to cut platform costs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
BT has launched BT Wrap Advantage, a new initiative which will deliver improved services and efficiencies to advisers and participating fund managers and lowers platform costs for the 75,000 users of the $31 billion platform. BT has worked with 15 participating ...

Matrix finds its $1b Oasis

Independent financial planning group Matrix Planning Solutions predicts it will grow its funds under management (FUM) by 20 per cent each year under the Oasis platform, having already passed the $1 billion mark this year. "We are pleased to have reached ...

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 ...

ANZ bids 20 times earnings for E*TRADE

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
ANZ has put its faith in the continuation of the bull market, bidding more than 20 times earnings for the online share broker E*TRADE. ANZ has been a business partner of E*Trade since 1999 and holds 34 per cent of the company's stock. The bank is offering ...