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Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying ...

EISS offloads direct property

NSW-based industry superannuation fund Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has sold its entire direct property portfolio for $225 million with plans to redirect the proceeds into global listed and unlisted property trusts. The group has sold Macquarie ...

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
One of the world's largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) provider, Barclays Global Investors, has paired up with the local stock exchange to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The hedge fund industry was working hard yesterday to distance itself from Basis Capital, which notified investors late on Wednesday that it was in default on margins loans and faced a forced sale of assets that may result in a return of less than 50 ...

Challenger buys into Homeloans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Perth based home loan originator and funder Homeloans Limited has found itself a long-term business partner and investor in the form of Challenger Financial Services Group. The two companies announced on Friday that Challenger would invest in two stages. ...

Two-thirds of RMBS bonds going to overseas investors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
More than two-thirds of the $5.9 billion of mortgage backed securities the Commonwealth Bank plans to issue in the next couple of weeks will go into the portfolios of offshore investors. Aussie dollar securities are in demand overseas, especially since ...

Future Fund will not inflate asset prices

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2005
The federal government's billion dollar Future Fund will help lift demand for Australian assets but will not push up prices to unjustified levels. AMP Capital Investors chief economist Shane Oliver said there was no doubt demand would increase for assets ...

St.George on mortgage backed securities Crusade

St.George Bank has announced a proposed Australian dollar mortgage backed securities issue, worth AUD 815 million, under its Crusade securitisation program. The total value of the issue will be comprised of a combination of a senior tranche to the value ...

$1.1 billion MBS issue by Members Equity Bank

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2005
A $1.1 billion securitisation for Members Equity Bank was priced on 15 April 2005, with demand causing a sharp uplift in the amount on issue. The Mortgage Backed Securitisations (MBS) issue was the second for Members Equity Bank's Superannuation Home ...