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CBA still seeding Colonial funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Seed funding for a couple of landmark infrastructure investments by Colonial remains on the balance sheet of Commonwealth Bank, in one case more than 15 months after the bank tipped in the capital. In an investor briefing on the bank's wealth management ...

Macquarie posts 23pct profit hike

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
Macquarie Group has reported a 23 per cent rise in net profit after tax to $1.8 billion on the previous year, buoyed by strong returns from its investment banking deals and equity-related businesses in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The group's assets under ...

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... that the NSW government desperate for capital to hold up its credit rating and cash for large scale infrastructure investment almost had no choice. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating writing in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday said, "[A decade ago] ...

RARE appoints ex-Fidelity as retail head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Boutique global infrastructure investment firm RARE Infrastructure has appointed Matthew Dell to head of retail distribution. Dell was previously responsible for national accounts at Fidelity Investment Australia and has experience in funds management ...

SBI eyes infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... The State Bank of India (SBI) has positioned its portfolios to capture the expected boost in domestic infrastructure investment in India. Aashish Wakankar, SBI Funds Management vice president and fund manager, said the lack of infrastructure to support ...

Macq wrap adds 12 more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Macquarie Wrap today announced that it has included 12 new investment funds across its various platforms during December, bringing the total number of funds to approximately 640. Of significant note is the addition of seven Russell Investment Group ...

Resources boom gone in three years: Putnam

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
New transport and resources infrastructure arriving in the next three to four years could lead to the end of the current global resources boom, according to Shigeki Makino, Putnam Investments chief investment officer of global core equities. He said ...

Macq bank splits to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
A majority 99.5 per cent of shareholders has approved Macquarie Bank's split into a banking and non-banking group, a move that mirrors a similar step made by investment banks in the US. The banking group will include funds management, real estate, treasury ...

Sunsuper digs deeper into alternatives

... respectively, will focus on fixed income investments. Chan, who recently worked as investment manager of infrastructure investment at Colonial First State will be involved in Sunsuper's infrastructure and property asset investments. Meanwhile, former ...

VFMC infrastructure fund takes flight

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has joined the move by superannuation funds to direct infrastructure investment by acquiring a 19.6 per cent stake in Birmingham International Airport. The A$1 billion purchase, in partnership with the Ontario ...