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HFA absolute return fund approved by S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
HFA's Octane Global Fund has been rated 'investment grade' by Standard & Poor's. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said the the gearing and long-short strategy of the HFA Octane Global Fund meant only investors with a sound understanding of this type of ...

Ausbil Dexia recruits two, promotes two

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
Ausbil Dexia has made two analyst appointments and announced two internal promotions. Nicholas Condoleon and Ben McGarry have been appointed as investment analysts, Condoleon bringing seven years analyst experience to the role while McGarry has six ...

Global economy usurps local risks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The global economy is more autonomous than at any time in our history, according to AXA's chief investment officer, Mark Dutton, and therefore risks cannot be looked at as sector-specific or in isolation. Dutton said that whereas historically the world ...

Euro private equity awaits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Private equity is a huge universe globally and Australian super funds would do well to broaden their horizons, according to privately owned European private equity and hedge fund of funds specialist Unigestion. "I think as far as [Australian] super ...

Russell adds two to insto team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Russell Investment Group has announced two senior appointments to its Australian institutional investment services team. Dr Geoffrey Warren has been appointed senior research associate and will report to Glenn Smith, director institutional investment ...

Tyndall slams performance of corp boards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Tyndall's head of equities has sent a blunt message to the boards of listed companies - they are not doing enough to fully appreciate the value of their companies and are letting down shareholders in the process. Bob Van Munster, Tyndall's head of equities ...

Mirvac AQUA appoints ex-Merrill Lynch, Next exec

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
Former Merrill Lynch managing director, head of distribution and Next Financial head of distribution, Damien McIntyre, has been appointed as head of business development for Mirvac AQUA. McIntyre will assume responsibility for managing Mirvac AQUA's ...

New research analyst for AllianceBernstein

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
AllianceBernstein has announced the appointment a new research analyst to the Bernstein Value Equities team. Viral Patel joins the Bernstein Australian Value Equities team where he will have responsibility for the real estate and construction sectors ...

Russell best ideas fund recommended by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Zenith has rated the Russell Select Holdings Fund, a fund of best ideas, recommended on the back of its "sound and logical rationale". The Russell fund compiles a concentrated portfolio of just 20 stocks. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched in ...

Partnership blooms between ipac and Flowers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
Ipac securities has welcomed another practice into its fold with the formation of a business partnership with Flowers Financial Group. Ipac has partnered with the planning side of the Flowers Financial Group business, based in Sydney. Flowers consists ...