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Russell Investment Group goes aggressive with Australian shares fund

Russell Investment Group (formerly the Frank Russell Company) has launched an Australian shares fund, which employs five managers to implement a series of specialist high risk/high return strategies such as short selling, holding concentrated portfolios ...

Asset Backed to buy China phosphate operation for $6.4 million

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Listed investment group Asset Backed Holdings said it plans to buy a phosphate rock operation and chemical plant in China for $6.4 million. The Perth based company said it would buy Norwest Chemicals and its Chinese subsidiary by issuing 21.4 million ...

Soul Pattinson and Pitt Capital invest in new merchant banker

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
A new merchant banker in South Australia has gained the backing of investment group Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company. Pitt Capital Partners, which is half owned by Soul Pattinson, will take a 50% stake in the new Rundle Capital Partners, the corporate ...

Advance and Maple-Brown Asset launch Asian equity fund

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
... retail and wholesale investors. Advance, the specialist fund management arm of the St George Group, and wholesale investment group MBA said the Advance Asian Equity Fund was a new opportunity for investors wishing to access the emerging equity markets ...

Australian United Investment reports profit jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... share buy back schemes had contributed to a significant rise in first half net profit for 2003-2004. The equities investment group said revenue for the half year to December 31, 2003, had risen 0.8% to $33.6 million. Net profit increased 43.8% to $9.2 ...

HGL to meet forecast profits

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
Diversified investment group HGL Ltd said profit after tax and minorities between $5 and $5.5 million would likely be achieved this fiscal year. But chairman Peter Miller told shareholders at the annual general meeting today that this forecast did not ...

HGL posts 24 per cent jump in year net profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Diversified investment group HGL Ltd said it would continue to look for import and distribution business acquisitions after posting a 24 per cent increase in annual net profit. The company reported net profit of $9.938 million for the year ending September ...

Colonial supports PREIA managment of Lend Lease

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
... (LLUSOT). Giant property developer Lend Lease is currently overseeing the transfer of LLUSOT to management under US investment group Morgan Stanley as part of the group's wider exit from its US Real Estate Investment (REI) businesses. But Colonial, with ...

AUI posts 30% profit increase

Equities investment group Australian United Investment Company Ltd (AUI) lifted profits by more than 30 per cent for 2002/03 to $12.86 million. AUI said the 30.6% increase was primarily the result of the proceeds from last year's rights issue being ...

Macquarie Office Trust reports 41% profit gain

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2003
Property investment group Macquarie Office Trust today forecast improvements in the commercial leasing market for the current year. The Trust booked a strong profit gain of 41 per cent in the year to June 2003, with a net profit of $102.2 million, despite ...