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Sentiment sinks on floats

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... requiring a lot of money are still likely to get away this year, Keys expects unfavourable market conditions to delay the float plans of larger firms. It's understood that the dismal run of the ASX/S&P 200 since January 1 (down around 10 per cent) has ...

Uni to offer SMSF degree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) trustee education will be boosted with plans to develop postgraduate and certificate programs in potentially half a dozen universities around Australia. "Adelaide University has developed an SMSF certificate and masters ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... seeks to deliver equity-like returns in the long term but with lower volatility than an equity only portfolio. SSgA also plans to launch a third strategy in this range called Diversified Alternatives which will provide exposure to a portfolio consisting ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... from the Garnaut report, it looks like some serious thinking has already gone into major national environmental management plans. The question now is what is political saleable.

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
Homegrown fund manager Global Value Investors (GVI) flags plans to offer its flagship retail fund to institutional clients. Established in February 2005, the GVI is seeking to launch its flagship Global Industrial Share Fund to institutional clients. ...

Australia dubbed the educational hub

... Kaplan Professional, The Washington Post-owned group that bought Tribeca and Finsia's educational arm last year, has flagged plans to make Australia an "educational hub" in the Asia-Pacific region. While the name Kaplan is little known locally - up until ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... securitisation funding vehicle, Puma, would continue to manage existing securitised loan portfolios. He said there were no plans to sell Puma. Aussie Home Loans' managing director John Symond said he understood Macquarie's decision. "No one can securitise ...

AFS ready for IPO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has flagged plans to list on the stock exchange after meeting its business and profit objectives last year. "Our energies over the past four years have been devoted to consolidating AFS' position in the marketplace ...

Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... products general manager. The clincher is that the product now includes a flat $3 administration fee per week for all employer plans. "We wanted to keep it really simple and consolidate the contribution fee, transaction fee, member fee and transfer fee ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
AXA Rosenberg plans to launch an emerging market fund in the Australian market in three months, tailored to suit a super fund's 'alpha needs'. Douglas Burton, managing director and head of investments in Australia and New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said ...