Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 401 - 410 of 559 results for "WWW"

Balmain and Allco expand factoring joint venture

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
In buying Scottish Pacific from St George Bank, BA Venture, a joint venture between commercial loan broker Balmain Commercial and Allco Finance Group, aim to bring scale to the fragmented market for debt factoring. Michael Holme, executive chairman ...

Super averages 15.3 pct for 2006-07

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... period, the top funds were MTAA, SERF, AMIST, Super SA and Australian Super. To view the full SelectingSuper results, please see www.selectingsuper.com.au/PerfTables.html.

Sub-primes breach Macquarie Fortress

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Macquarie Fortress Investments, an ASX-listed investor in senior debt securities of US companies, said the value of its loan portfolio fell by 4 per cent during July from June. While Fortress invests in senior debt only, the rise in credit spreads has ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
The hedge fund industry was working hard yesterday to distance itself from Basis Capital, which notified investors late on Wednesday that it was in default on margins loans and faced a forced sale of assets that may result in a return of less than 50 ...

Sandringham selects Imagine Trading

Long/short fund manager Sandringham Capital has selected Imagine Trading System's ASP-based service, www.derivatives.com, for its portfolio and risk management needs. Steuart Roe, managing director of Sandringham was familiar with the software provider's ...

Basis Capital suspends yield fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Local hedge fund manager Basis Capital yesterday suspended redemptions from its $1 billion Basis Yield Fund. The fund manager wrote to investors saying that disruption to the global structured credit market had created difficulties for the fund and ...

Grange plays down Lehman connection for now

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
Grange Securities, now part of the Lehman Bros fixed income group, may be playing down their links with the global giant, but their aggressive recruitment strategy betrays an intention to step up their market footprint. Grange Securities managing director ...

CommBank stays with EDS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Commonwealth Bank has had difficulties with its information technology service provider EDS at times during their 10 year relationship, but all that was put to one side when the bank and the technology services company renewed their vows for another ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... responsible investment activities considerably during 2007." Details on the UN PRI and the principles themselves can be found at www.unpri.org/principles/ A full list of signatories to the principles can be viewed at www.unpri.org/signatories/