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BT setting a new course in alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
BT Financial has almost doubled its multi-manager alternative assets allocation and seeded a new AQR fund, which contributes uncorrelated alpha to the portfolio while reducing overall risk. Announcing the changes, Stewart Brentnall, head of BT's Investment ...

Mariner's US property trust keeps growing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
Mariner's Australian Stock Exchange listed American Property Income Trust has made another acquisition in the hot US office property sector as it continues on its growth trajectory. The Mariner fund has entered into a contract to buy a six storey multi-tenant ...

Equity Trustees rebrands super business

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
Equity Trustees has announced a change of name for its Wealthpac Australia superannuation business. Wealthpac Australia, acquired by Equity Trustees in March 2003, will now operate as Equity Trustees Superannuation, effective immediately. Equity Trustees ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Bluestone Group is striding into more new territory with the announcement that it is establishing a new lending arm servicing the self-employed, sole traders and professional investors in the $10 billion commercial property market. The group has established ...

New INVESCO retail rep completes national coverage

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
INVESCO has appointed a new retail sales representative for Western Australia and South Australia. Tanya Cherrington leaves Perpetual Investments to become INVESCO's new manager retail sales for the Western Australia and South Australia, joining Matthew ...

End for scheme scamming Greek community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
An unregistered managed investment scheme has been ordered into liquidation and its directors banned from carrying on a similar business after they raised over $2.5 million from investors, predominantly from Melbourne's Greek community. The Supreme ...

PIS gets behind the wheel for racing sponsorship

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
Professional Investment Services (PIS), Australia's largest financial planning group, is sponsoring the A1 Grand Prix in Sydney this weekend, with the international motor racing series attracting the attention of 25 countries. The A1 Grand Prix series ...

Super SA upgrades to insure those working longer

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
South Australian public sector super fund Super SA has announced insurance upgrades for all members in its Triple S fund, effective immediately. The insurance upgrades include extending the death and TPD cover from 60 to 65 years old and for those members ...

AXA Rosenberg firms its footing in Oz

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
AXA subsidiary AXA Rosenberg has appointed a new head of sales and marketing for Australia/New Zealand. Ian Webber, a former institutional marketer for Citigroup Asset Management Australia, will help build AXA Rosenberg's Australian business alongside ...

QIC moves AQR mandate to long-short

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
QIC has switched its long-only mandate with quantitative investment specialist AQR into a new long-short allocation, seeding AQR's new Released Constraint Global Equity Fund. AQR's Released Constraint Global Equity Fund is a 140 per cent long and 40 ...