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Alaskan fund appoints HarborVest Partners

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporations (APFC) is not letting the bear market slow its private equity investments as the fund hires HarborVest Partners to manage a new PE portfolio. APFC last week appointed US investment specialist HarborVest ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has increased its interest in Malaysian joint venture AmAssurance by nearly 15 per cent but is pulling out of the life insurance part of the business. IAG announced on 1 December that it had pumped up its stake in AmAssurance ...

Frontier hires analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Frontier Investment Consulting hired hedge fund researcher, Ching Lee as an analyst. Lee previously worked at Shadforth Financial Group/Haintz Financial Services as an analyst and prior that appointment as a research assistant at Monash University analysing ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
AXA Australia group insurance clients are set to benefit from a raft of enhancements across definitions, cover limits and technological capabilities. As a result of the improvements, AXA's maternity and paternity leave cover was improved to provide ...

Cybercriminals target fin services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
One-stop shop financial services groups should be more vigilant about how they store and manage client accounts after a new report found that online criminals are getting better at exploiting stolen financial data. Security solutions provider Symantec ...

Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Quattro Asset Management has shelved plans to launch of its capital protected structured product Vault 08 and shifted its focus to buying long short equity strategies. David Adiseshan, Quattro Asset Management executive director, said Vault 08 managed ...

Super Concepts scores $600m admin coup

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) administrator, Super Concepts, is to administer approximately $150 million on behalf of 154 CommSec clients, a deal signed four months after YourChoice clients, with $450 million in SMSF assets, also moved to the ING-owned ...

QIEC Super enhances services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
QIEC Super improved its financial planning service, added seven more investment choice options and extended its member insurance to remain competitive. From January, the super fund is providing personal financial advice through Queensland Teachers Credit ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
A Victorian-based trader could face more than two years in jail when he shorted certain stocks despite the regulator's interim short selling ban. ASIC alleged that between 28 May and 24 October 2007, Giovanni Spagnolo of Northcote, Victoria sold shares ...

AMP raises $450m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
AMP Limited strengthens its balance sheet with $450 million in new capital, raising $50 million more than planned, through an institutional placement. "AMP is making the placement to enhance its capital position and increase business flexibility through ...