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Kofoed leaves QSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
QSuper's chief strategy officer, Don Kofoed, as announced his resignation from the super fund after four years in the position. Kofoed has been appointed chief executive at Victorian Emergency Services and State Super fund (ESSSuper) beginning in March ...

MLC eyes distressed bank loan market

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
MLC has jumped on the distressed market opportunity wagon after announcing a $413.86 million allocation to its global alternative debt strategy. The strategy, which sits within the diversified portfolios of MLC's retail and wholesale superannuation ...

Breakthrough on super fund fee processing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
The days of snail-pace fees and charges processing may soon be over as superannuation administration software provider Syncsoft unveils promising results of their software's latest test runs. Syncsoft has been putting its CapitalX product under the ...

Ray White snaps up Woolies property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
While the Australian LPT sector continues to hover at a precipice of continuing falls, specialist fund managers with cash to spare are now at the vanguard of new acquisitions - with some even picking up a shopping centre or two along the way. Specialist ...

New additions to Austock team

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Listed financial services firm Austock Group has recruited two new members to boost its equity team within its investment management division, Austock Asset Management. Stuart Larke, a former director and research analyst for Goldman Sachs JB Were has ...

International value funds back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
International value funds have been lying low for several years, but the sweep of panic wafting from the recent credit market turbulence has the funds gearing for a major comeback - with several US fund managers eyeing the Australian market. US investment ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Fortune favours the prudent

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
As investors are left picking up the pieces from the recent share market and credit crash, some industry figures believe the answer lies in investors' ability to find a balance between investing with a long-term perspective, and making decisions quickly. ...

MacarthurCook ventures to the long white cloud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Listed investment management company, MacarthurCook Limited, has scooped a third of the equity in New Zealand-based property fund manager, Kinloch Funds Management - but future ventures into the NZ market remains uncertain. The recent acquisition will ...

New property head for Valad

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
Valad Property Group has appointed Greg Thompson as head of Valad's Asia Pacific property operations, starting today. Thompson was previously chief operating officer of property development group, Austcorp, and his appointment will see him play a leadership ...