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Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
South Africa's second largest wealth management group, Sanlam International Investments (SII), has established an Australia-Pacific beach head through its acquisition of Atom Funds Management, a niche Australian boutique small-cap investment manager. ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Indian equities are right for the picking as price to earnings (P/E) ratios fall and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) continues to grow at more than nine per cent per annum, according to John Pereira, India Equities Fund chief executive. Pereira ...

Carbon schemes full of hot air

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
Anti-global warming schemes based on prescriptive emission targets and cross-country carbon trading are flawed and do not address long term climate change problems, said Reserve Bank director Warwick McKibbin. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

ANZ appoints key staff in Asia

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
ANZ appointed former St George Bank insurance managing director, Sean West to managing director, wealth Asia. West has significant wealth management experience across operations, product development, business development, distribution and advice. Prior ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Regardless of the finer debating points on what the ideal emission trading system should look like, investors are already flocking to alternative energy. New investment into the sector jumped US$148 billion in 2007, up 60 per cent over 2006, noted a ...

Kinloch appoints MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Listed boutique property funds manager MacarthurCook Investment Managers Limited has been appointed investment manager for the new Kinloch Emerging Markets Property Securities Fund based in New Zealand. According to MacarthurCook, the new offering is ...

Schroders Greater Middle East fund raises $630m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
With all the hype on China and India funds, Schroders turns to the Middle East region to develop a fund that raised $630 million within eight months. Launched in September last year, the ISF Greater Middle East fund allows investors to tap into the ...

Mercer appoints India MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
Mercer has appointed Padma Ravichander as managing director of the firm's Bangalore-based operations. Ravichander previously worked at IT services company, Perot Systems as president and managing director for India and Asia Pacific and has also held ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Demand for comodities may have no end in sight but individual investors may be showing signs of nervousness about the sector and whether the surging demand will continue to translate into high share prices and protect them to insulate them against inflation. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon as a sharply lower oil price weighed on the energy sector while weaker commodity prices hurt other resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 49.2 points, or 0.88 per cent, at ...