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US energy powers VFMC

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has looked to the US energy and electric power sector for returns and is one of the investors in a power fund run by private equity fund manager Energy Investors. VFMC has bought into the United States ...

VFMC chooses SimCorp as tech provider

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
Growing technology specialist SimCorp has been chosen by the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) as its preferred technology provider, supplying the $40 billion manager with its SimCorp Dimension software. VFMC will implement SimCorp Dimension ...

Asian hub Australia's next goal: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Australia's financial services industry is of global calibre and should be aiming to become the southern hemisphere's primary financial hub, according to MLC chief executive, Steve Tucker. "Financial services has the capacity to do for Australia what ...

Ord Minnett adds to planning team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
Ord Minnett has appointed a new private wealth adviser to its Melbourne team. Shane Williams joins the 35 strong Ord Minnett financial planning network, which spans Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Buderim and Mackay. ...

HLB Mann Judd national strategy remains unchanged

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
It is business as usual for HLB Mann Judd in most Australian States, following the sale of the HLB Mann Judd financial planning business in Victoria to Bridgeport last week. HLB Mann Judd National Association chairman, John Biddle, was keen to point ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
New Zealand takes the award for the highest interest rates in the developed world, as the RBNZ jacked-up the official cash rate to a mammoth 8 per cent, sending a jolt through their export sector and financial markets. Better late than never, the Reserve ...

Economic round-up - Baby take a bow

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello must be preparing for curtain calls on his economic management performance as solid household consumption and a rush of business investment have driven Australia's economic expansion rate to its strongest levels in three ...

Instos unite for research

Eight major super funds and fund managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

Skandia upsizes business development team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
Skandia has reinvigorated its retail business development team by appointing new managers for Tasmania and Victoria. Adam Kingston and Samantha Amos join Skandia's retail business development team covering Victoria and Tasmania. Kingston steps into ...