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GFP snaps up Timbercorp assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... are in Western Australia and the Green Triangle region of Victoria and South Australia. Edgar said the investment capital for the purchase was from global superannuation funds (including Australian), charitable foundations and other long-term institutional ...

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... investors, who are now cautious of their eroded savings following the GFC. "People are interested in preserving their capital for as long as possible. "The fear of not having enough... it's now about how to mitigate longevity risk - and that's increasingly ...

Brookvine promotes Gray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... engaged in research and fund raising, located in Sydney and the UK, Brookvine is well placed to identify and raise capital for a select universe of top-tier alternative fund managers," he said. Gray joins Hall, managing director and chair Kerstin Sallows ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... 'covered' short selling. Tagliaferro argued that the stock exchange's primary role is to ensure the allocation of capital for listed companies. "I have never understood how short sellers help the Stock Exchange fulfil this crucial primary purpose. In ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Fed/Treasury might also be running out of bandaids. The rescue tandem announced the issuance of a new auction to raise capital for the Fed. To quote the press release, 'Today, the Treasury Department announced the initiation of a temporary Supplementary ...

SEC blocks bank short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
US based Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking extreme action against wild 'naked' short selling, issuing an emergency order that prevents the practice across a number of commercial and investment bank stocks. The order means anyone taking ...

PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
As more institutions invest in alternative assets such as private equity, the sector players have to re-think how they communicate their message under the more intense public spotlight. At a Private Equity & Venture Capital Forum panel discussion, private ...

Markets not governments set interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... the fringes of global financial markets just five years ago. "Among other things, they have helped lower the cost of capital for borrowers around the world. In the United States, we [McKinsey] estimate, long-term interest rates are as much as 0.75 of ...

Kingsway Taitz scores two new mandates

... and managed accounts administration provider Kingsway Taitz has won two mandates from arkx Funds Management and RTM Capital for and absolute return fund and multi strategy carbon fund. The RTM Absolute Return Fund aims to return cash plus 10 per cent ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... negative information should not be wasted. Instead, it should be used to short a small number of stocks, providing capital for additional long positions of the same size. The strategy seems to be a huge growth sector in America as well, with former Securities ...