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Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... the firm's announcement in October that it is looking to morph five of its retail property syndicates and trusts into a hybrid $400 million mega fund. Australian Unity first unveiled the proposal in October, which is expected to deliver investors a total ...

Good news at last for AIG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Priority Protection insurance suite is receiving a facelift with the introduction of Optimum Premium cover. The cover is a hybrid between stepped and level premiums, initially providing the low cost of a stepped premium up to a point when it changes ...

When five become one: AUI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... $6.2 billion Australian Unity Investments is looking to morph five of its retail property syndicates and trusts into a hybrid $400 million mega fund. The fund manager is currently seeking investor approval to convert its five offerings into a single ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... first introduced into Australia there has been confusion about its purpose and this is why the system contains so many hybrid principles and complexities, he said. Despite these weaknesses, the age pension passes most poverty alleviation tests, said ...

Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... to18 months the firm has been communicating with advisers on the pitfalls of investing in certain high risk private debt, hybrid or high yield products. "We believed that the fixed income markets weren't offering a lot of returns for the risk that was ...

AMP core property is a 5-star

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... Standard & Poor's - a sustained rating since S&P conducted its review 12 months ago. The AMP Core Property Fund (ACPF) is a hybrid property fund that invests in global and domestic wholesale direct-property funds and global listed property funds, all ...

Fortitude hires ex-nab and Macquarie staff

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Alternative investment manager Fortitude Capital has hired derivatives specialist Gerard McMahon and hybrid specialist Darren Raward. Prior to joining Fortitude Capital McMahon was divisional director of Macquarie Bank and head of the international ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Toyota's expected decision to start manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production. During the weekend it was widely reported that ...

Praemium signs on UK Fat Prophets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... Smartfund. According to a statement released by Praemium, FAT Prophets UK will brand their own version of SO Smartfund, a hybrid SMA/managed fund offering developed by Praemium and approved by the UK Financial Services Authority earlier this month. Praemium ...

Douglas to head van Eyk investment research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Investment research firm, van Eyk, has promoted eight-year veteran of the firm, Nigel Douglas, to head of investment research. In this position, Douglas will direct van Eyk's fund manager research team and provide asset allocation advice to Blueprint ...