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UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... closed fund invests in OECD country infrastructure across transportation, utilities, energy and social infrastructure. US power generation business; Northern Star Generation, UK water company; Southern Water and European waste firm; Saubermacher are ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... futures contract was 110 points higher at 3,958 on a volume of 16,085 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market saw Wall Street's overnight performance as "workmanlike" after its eleven per cent gain the previous ...

Large instos to move admin in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... services they traditionally outsource to custodians. For example, in July last year, VFMC rolled out SimCorp Dimension to power VFMC's front and middle office processes, including in order management, portfolio management, performance and attribution ...

Language is key to sell insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... is at my expense'. It creates value, I'm offering something of value and I want to share it with you," he said. "It's the power of reciprocity, if I give something like my professional time for you, you feel obliged to do the same." To overcome initial ...

Japan bank buys $11bn of Morgan Stanley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) bought more than $11 billion in Morgan Stanley equity for a 21 per cent interest in the company, a deal that forms an alliance between the two firms to pursue corporate and investment banking opportunities. The ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Super funds should take a closer look at their own role in the current capital market crisis and reassess their governance standards instead of blaming other firms, according to Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Fund trustee and UK PRI chair. Speaking at ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Invesco WL Ross and Chinese power producing subsidiary, Huaneng Capital Services signed a joint venture to form the Huaneng Invesco WLR Investment Consulting Company. The joint venture will use the capabilities of both firms to identify and assess private ...

ASIC restructures staff line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... regulator to embark on an internal promotion and external recruitment spree. As a result of the review, Victorian barrister Michael Kingston has been appointed chief legal officer. The CLO role is akin to a corporate general counsel of large companies. ...

eWrap veteran unveils free planning tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The man behind Asgard Wealth Solutions' eWrap, former project director, Jan Kolbusz has resurfaced and developed decimal - a free website that allows financial planners to quickly make a statement of advice (SoA). Managing director of decimal, Kolbusz ...