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Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The rise and rise of alternative assets is pushing the need for specialists trained in the sector, said Craig Asche, chief executive of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) when he visited Australia last week. Asche said ...

Aviva expands Southern teams

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Aviva Australia has appointed ex-Virgin Money head of sales Craig Parker as state manager for Victoria and Tasmania and Melanie Alpar as senior sales manager. Parker will be responsible for driving the growth of business and heading up the business ...

AustSafe extends Central Qld service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Regional Australia industry super fund, AustSafe Super opened a new regional Central Queensland office in Bundaberg and hired Stacey McQuillen as regional manager. Prior to this position, McQuillen worked as Queensland state manager at the Australian ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...

AMP's profits down 2pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
AMP Limited has posted a two per cent fall in its underlying profit to $437 million after weathering challenging investment market conditions, but its financial services division survived the storm to report a three per cent increase in operating earnings. ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
A group of investors and asset consultants, sitting on a panel at an InAssociation infrastructure conference in Sydney on Wednesday, was asked to make a call on the future of the investment bank specialist funds model. They agreed it was over. The infrastructure ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The assumption that the property market is going to crash is a myth, said SG Hiscock & Company. Speaking last week at an EQT Trustees lunch, Stephen Hiscock, managing director of SG Hiscock & Co, has ruled out a recurrence of a property market crash ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after the Wall Street lifted more than 302 points on Friday night. At 0745 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 72 points higher at 5,034. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market remained in the red at noon, dragged down by a negative lead on Wall St and a big profit fall at bank and insurer Suncorp Metway Ltd. US stocks slipped 1.8 per cent on weak readings on economic growth and rising jobless claims. ...

CONNECT targets retirees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The $650 million CONNECT superannuation fund has crafted two new funds aimed at members coming up to retirement or are already retired. The first fund, called CONNECT's transition to retirement pension option, is targeted at members due to retire. The ...