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NAB Private Wealth winners at private banking awards

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
NAB Private Wealth has received multiple accolades at the Australian Private Banking Council 2011 Awards ceremony in Sydney, topping the awards table by winning more categories than any other private bank. Private bankers from National Australia Bank ...

Senior adviser joins Macq Investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Former CHAMP Private Equity heavyweight Andrew Savage has joined Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) private markets team as senior adviser. In the new role, Savage will be responsible as senior adviser for the Australian private markets team on its ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
State Street's Australian business is again recognised by the Federal Government as an 'employer of choice' for women. The Government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) acknowledged 98 organisations for their strong commitment ...

Allegro unveils second PE fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Emerging Australian private equity investor, Allegro Private Equity, has launched a new fund to raise more than $200 million, targeting smaller mid-market private equity opportunities emerging in the post-GFC environment. According to a press statement ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Thanks but no thanks! This is the Australian financial markets response to the government's response to the Henry Tax Review. BHP and RIO and other profitable miners are up in arms over Krudd's proposed 40 per cent tax on their "super profits." Investors ...

Sanlam enters Australian market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
One of South Africa's largest listed financial services groups, Sanlam, has entered a joint venture in Australia to form Calibre Investments, a Sydney-headquartered wealth management business. Sanlam's private client arm has entered the JV. Calibre ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
"Eat my shorts!" (Bart Simpson). Those who continue to hold a dim view of the Australian economy are fast dwindling. More have fallen by the wayside yesterday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released another "beautiful set of numbers." ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
The $13 billion Construction & Building Industry Super (Cbus) is starting to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the fund's Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) when appointing fund managers. Trish Donohue, executive manager ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Rising levels of alternative assets has exacerbated concerns over valuation policies for unlisted assets, according to APRA's latest Insight report. The biggest problem for the regulator is fund reporting cycles being much more frequent than asset valuation ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
A survey found that seven out of 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion ...