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Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Investors, Industry Funds Management (IFM) Investors, Lend Lease, Charter Hall Group, Whitehelm Capital (formerly Access Capital), RARE Infrastructure, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Hastings Funds Management. "Australian investors ...

S&P denied appeal over landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Ratings agency S&P has been denied leave to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 91 council, charities and church groups which lost at least $180 million when AAA-rated investments went sour in the wake of the global financial crisis. The judgement ...

No difference between retail and insto: RARE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... There is no difference between retail and institutional investors despite common perceptions to the contrary, according to RARE Infrastructure's head of retail distribution Matthew Dell. Speaking at the Financial Standard MAX forum on Wednesday, Dell ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... according to the NAO. China's state-owned companies generally operate in a secretive manner and reports on their losses have been rare. Deals they strike are often influenced by political decisions and corruption is reported from time to time, in many ...

Chamber Orchestra adds violin to Instrument Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has added a rare and valuable Guarneri violin to its Instrument Fund. The violin was made by Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae in 1714 and is one of the renowned luthier's 250 instruments that survive today. The ACO ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... $34.18, ANZ had dropped 13 cents to $33.26 and Commonwealth Bank was eight cents lower at $81.07. Among other notable movers, rare earths miner Lynas was down one cent at 15.5 cents after it said boss Eric Noyrez had quit after just 14 months in the ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... more on whistleblowers to remain effective, after the latest government budget cut its funding. "It takes significant and rare courage to be a whistle blower, this sends to wrong message to would-be criminals," Whish-Wilson said. "Deterrence from pro-active ...

Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... crowds, but you have to veer away from them from time to time and that takes a lot of discipline," Neilson says. Hunting rare game While the approach has brought a huge amount of success - Neilson's net worth was estimated at US$3 billion in Forbes' ...

New infrastructure fund for SMSFs launches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... of Australia (UTA) and Palisade Diversified Investment fund. However, it will also invest in listed infrastructure through RARE Value Fund. IPIF aims to raise $200 million. Its trustee is Vasco Investment Managers.

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
A Federal Court judgement against ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cleared the way for Councils, church groups and charities to continue a damage claim relating to Lehman Brothers complex products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia ...