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PE firm invests $49m in renewable energy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US-based private equity firm, Global Environment Fund, has completed its $49 million investment in the Indian-based clean energy provider, Greenko PLC. Greenko is one of India's largest independent power producer that focuses exclusively on renewable ...

Fiducian wins PGA golf naming rights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Fresh off Tiger Woods creating golfing pandemonium in Melbourne, Fiducian Group has been announced as the naming rights sponsor for the Australian PGA Legends Championship. The deal means Fiducian Group will invest more than $100,000 over three years ...

Deloitte expands Islamic finance business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Deloitte is pushing further into Islamic finance with the appointment of a global leader to manage the Shariah compliant division's operations. Daud Vicary Abdullah was appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global leader of the Islamic Finance Industry ...

Aberdeen closes Aussie bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Aberdeen has closed its Aberdeen Australian Bond Fund, following the manager's integration with Credit Suisse. The fund had $148 million at the end of October, according to the product's factsheet. This means Aberdeen will only have one Australian fixed-interest ...

Wingate appoints senior analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... Investments (AUI) offering international investments through the AUI Wingate Global Equity Income Fund. It has a mid to large-company, value-based, investment philosophy and an investment process that seeks to combine long term capital growth with ongoing ...

Causeway hires water and funds director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Causeway Asset Management has appointed Richard Lourey as managing director of water and fund management ahead of plans to launch a water fund. Lourey previously worked across capital markets in Australia, London and New York at ANZ Securities, Ord ...

AFA calls for more consultation on education

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) education consultation paper includes some "good ideas" and called for a truly consultative approach to developing education standards. Richard ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The $200 billion CalPERS is lobbying for legislation that requires placement agents to register as lobbyists, and be subject to the reporting and ethics rules under the California Political Reform Act. In light of recent allegations that placement agents ...

Education drag hits super savings: GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The majority of Australians believe it is their own responsibility to fund their retirement - but less than half feel the need to educate themselves about super, new research shows. West Australian fund GESB has found a disconnect between how accountable ...

Suntharam leads Perpetual quant business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Ganesh Suntharam assumes management of Perpetual's quantitative investments business. In March this year, Suntharam joined Vasant Khilnani as the joint head of the quant business. Suntharam has eight years industry experience and four years at Perpetual ...