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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... of Services Index for April will be released this morning, as will a Macquarie Bank report on trends in alternative investments. In company news, Westpac Banking Corp Ltd will announce its first half results, while Telecom Corp of New Zealand and West ...

Rare coins and banknotes fund to raise $25m

... Jaggards Pty Ltd appointed as the buying/selling agent and specialist adviser. "This fits into the space of alternative investments. The appeal to me is it provides diversification, has prospects for good yield and very low correlation to the sharemarket," ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

... firm A.G. Bisset & Company. "Creating this CIO position represents a significant milestone," said MFS Alternative Investments chief executive Richard Lourey in a statement. "Our appointment of someone of the calibre and experience of Richard Keary is ...

ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... has launched a new capital protected fund through its OneAnswer platform that gives investors access to alternative investments with the comfort of built-in safeguards. Developed exclusively for ING by SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale Asset Management (SGAM) ...

CFS rebuilds infrastructure for $1.2b play

... made to CFSGAM's infrastructure investment offering, according to James O'Leary, head of property and alternative investments. For example, the group hopes to raise $1 billion from institutions over the coming months for the Global Diversified Infrastructure ...

RBC Dexia expanding service range

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... its service range and increasing the depth of what it offers investors, particularly by leveraging its alternative investments expertise gained in other markets. Brad Taylor, global head of hedge fund services and investment finance at RBC Dexia Investor ...

Passive hedge fund investing in vogue

... funds now [US$5 billion] were from 2004 to 2006," said Oliver Schupp, the US based managing director of alternative investments for Credit Suisse Securities. Schupp said the fund, which hugs the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, charges a flat ...

Stenham wins best long-term FOHF

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... Australian market is very sophisticated and strategically well placed to capitalize on the global trend toward alternative investments."

AIMA boosts executive committee

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... promote best practice, and liaise with regulators and other organisations to ensure the responsible use of alternative investments. Ivey said that in the past financial year, Australia's A$62.7 billion hedge funds industry had grown rapidly to become ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... pension funds in Canada, it is also one of the most successful thanks to de Bever's pioneering role in using alternative investments to boost the fund's returns. Proof to the pudding is that Ontario's has posted an 11.7 per cent rate of return per year ...