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Austock to list with $214m cap

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Austock Group has announced it will begin its float on November 20, with six million shares on offer at $1.80 a share, giving the company a market capitalisation of $214.3 million. The minimum subscription of six million shares will represent 4.8 percent ...

QIC appoints head of insto

Fresh from a raft of external appointments, QIC has looked internally to fill the spot of head of institutional business. This month, QIC has appointed Tony Cahill, formerly the business relationship manager at the group's alternative investment strategies ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
While the RBA flags the dangers of growing consumer spending on our rising inflation, China's rocketing inflation and consumer demand have proved to be a killer. Literally. Australia's employment growth was softer than expected in October, however Westpac's ...

Epoch boutique heads Down Under

A top performing US-based international boutique is coming to Australia in two weeks as part of an exclusive distribution deal with Grant Samuel Funds Management, a new multi-affiliated fund manager headed by ex-Credit Suisse Asset Management head Andrew ...

Australia's growth spurt

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Everyone's working and everyone's shopping and that's what will keep driving our economy, according to data released yesterday on Australia's economic growth forecasts. Like a healthy teenager, Australia's economy is exceeding all expectations with ...

QIC appoints new beta manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
QIC has appointed Bill Prendergast to the new position of Global Fixed Interest Beta Manager. Prendergast will manage QIC's global fixed income beta portfolios, including an inflation-linked bond mandate for QSuper. Prior to joining QIC, Bill spent ...

Mariner taps into private equity

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Mariner Financial has launched a bid to purchase TV production company Beyond International, which, if successful, will form a seed asset of a new private equity fund to be launched next year. The fund, to be housed under a new brand, Mariner Capital ...

Harvard Endowment Fund chief quits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of Harvard Management Company (HMC) and manager of the $41.5 billion Harvard Endowment Fund, has announced his resignation, effective at the end of 2007. He will return to California-based Pacific Investment Management ...

Money can't buy confidence

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Consumer confidence has bounced back, after an 8.1 per cent fall last month, to 14.3 per cent above last year's levels and 13.9 per cent above the 20-year average. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (W-MI) Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 4.2 per cent ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
There's nothing like waking up to the joyful chirping of Black Hawk helicopters and protesters performing their morning ablutions under the energetic stream of a $600,000 water cannon. No wonder Sydney residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's ...