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JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The State Bank of India and Macquarie Group raised over $1 billion in capital to invest in Indian infrastructure projects with a goal to raise around $2 billion in additional capital over the next few years. According to a joint statement, global investors ...

ING unveils CGT calculator

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Financial advisers looking for a projection of their clients' capital gains can now do it all online, following the launch of ING Australia's CGT calculator on its OneAnswer platform. ING today unveilled an online capital gains calculator that allows ...

ING partners with MBF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
ING Australia has partnered with MBF to provide super members with a 12 per cent saving in corporate private health insurance rates. Mark Pankhurst, ING Australia head of product and marketing for wealth management, said this discount is usually only ...

AMIST narrows mandate line-up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has dropped Legg Mason and PM Capital from its fund manager line-up as part of its investment rationalisation strategy. The $9 million Legg Mason emerging markets mandate was cut two months ago ...

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments' international property co-portfolio manager, Boris Pialloux, has left the firm prompting S&P Fund Services to place its three-star ratings Franklin International Property Fund and Property Income Fund on hold. Global ...

PIS adds Olicc software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is implementing Olicc Technologies' software to assist the group's financial advisors track commissions and other key performance data. The Olicc Enterprise Solution will be integrated with PIS' Commission Lodgement ...

Supercorp buys MYOB super software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Brisbane based, Supercorp Australia, has bought the superannuation software business from MYOB. MYOB supports hundreds of accounting firms across Australia in lodging statutory accounts for self managed super funds (SMSFs). Kurt Groeneveld, Supercorp ...

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
US investors can now access a liquid and transparent hedge fund replication strategy after IndexIQ launched the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. The New York based firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) seeks to replicate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... contracts. "When you look across the sectors, there is not a skerrick of red," said Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan. "Everything is in the green, which is good to see. "The market has let all prisoners go now. They have all ...

Health Super signs Bravura

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Health Super has signed a deal with Bravura Solutions to enhance the fund's member online services and back of house administration. The deal means the fund will integrate the technology provider's ePASS software across the fund's operations. Simon ...