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Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Hoping to exploit the burgeoning demand for alternative assets, Investec Global Aircraft Fund launched an open-ended capital raising yesterday and appointed a former senior Qantas executive to its investment committee. Investec said it was seeking funds ...

No easy fit for health insurance: super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Super funds offering health insurance as a bundled product would be an ideal evolution of the savings and healthcare industries, but achieving this goal is a long way off - if it ever happens, insurers say. Jeremy Cooper, chair of the Super System Review ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Paul Scully, finance author and long-time industry professional, outlined his views on the shape of the industry over the next decade, predicting bigger problems for platforms, some types of multi-manager strategies and some super funds. Scully, who ...

No change in Concord strategies: Invesco

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Invesco Australia chief executive Mick O'Brien has reassured investors that the investment team of its recently bought boutique, Concord Capital, will remain with the firm and manage existing mandates following the buyout. In a press statement released ...

LGsuper and City Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Queensland government funds LGsuper and City Super are considering a merger to create a $5 billion-plus fund with over 90,000 members. LGsuper and City Super announced today they have agreed in-principle to merge the two funds. The merger is subject ...

Investors call planners to charge performance-based fees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Performance-based fees have traditionally been the domain of fund managers - but research shows a growing number of investors are urging financial planners to start adopting this fee structure. Mark Johnston, principal of research firm Investment Trends ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
China has long attracted interest from foreign equity managers but now fixed interest managers are keeping an eye on Yuan-denominated bond markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Following the purchase of a majority holding in asset consultant CPG Research and Advisory earlier this year by Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL), CPG principals John Parrish, Peter Williamson and Philip Chow will be leaving the business. Simon ...

Milton and Choiseul to merge

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The proposed merger of Milton Corporation Limited and Choiseul Investments Limited would create an investment company with $2 billion in assets and more than 18,000 shareholders. Under the deal, Choiseul shareholders will receive a fully franked special ...