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Babcock & Brown launches DIF III

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The third offering from Babcock & Brown's successful Direct Investment Fund range, which invests in global alternative assets, has attracted the attention of several superannuation funds including Military Super and the WA Local Government Super. Following ...

Investors eye emerging markets infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Credit Suisse is tapping into the growing demand for global alternative assets when it launched a product that will give Australian investors faster and cheaper access to the $1.12 trillion emerging markets infrastructure sector. Subject to regulatory ...

Microcap a winning formula at Cygnet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
A fund manager who returned 73 per cent p.a. after fees for his clients last year is to manage a new fund that focuses on microcap stocks. Jonathan Rosham, co-founder of microcap specialist Cygnet Capital, will run Cygnet Microcap opportunity fund using ...

Challenger FP strengthens operations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
Challenger has appointed Sara Nathan to manager of operations and assurance, Pas Bueti to head of advice support services and Lily Roche to business program manager. Andrew Alcock, chief operating officer, said the new appointments were a critical part ...

Another DIY take on home ownership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
With housing affordability continuing to deteriorate, one of the country's largest banks has come up with a way to get mums-and-dads access to residential property investments without the stamp duty costs nor the tenancy headaches. Westpac Residential ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Ben Hare, equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has won the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research paper on the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Each of the 13 candidates needed to be under ...

BNY Trust Australia appoints MD and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
BNY Trust Australia has appointed John McGee to managing director and Mike Thomson to chief operating officer. Prior to this appointment McGee was non-executive director on the BNY Trust board and was directly involved in forming the BNY joint venture. ...

Battle for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
After extensive market research, St. George-owned Securitor and the Commonwealth Bank have announced new strategies to strengthen their grip on Australia's burgeoning financial planning industry. The financial advisory dealer arm of Asgard Wealth Solutions ...

FuturePlus appoints new chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
FuturePlus has appointed the vice president of the Local Government Association of NSW and mayor of Blacktown, Leo Kelly, to chairman. The appointment is part of FuturePlus' rotation policy between its two major shareholders, the Local Government Super ...

SG payments made simpler

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
Employers who make a late Superannuation Guarantee (SG) payment will not pay the same amount twice under proposed changes by the Federal Government. Under existing rules, employers who do not make their SG contribution on time become liable for the ...