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CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was marginally stronger at noon following gains in the financial sector. By 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 30 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 3,357.5 while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 26.6 points ...

HOSTPLUS appoints Qld partnership manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
HOSTPLUS is ramping up its brand awareness campaign in Queensland, hiring hospitality and tourism executive Greg Holmes as manager of strategic partnerships. Holmes previously worked as deputy chair of the Brisbane Visitors and Convention Bureau and ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Media coverage of Australia's employment statistics had been unanimously negative. But is it? The ink has barely dried on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for December 2008 when headlines flashed one after another about ...

Unlisted still king: MTAA Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Financial crises are stress tests of investment strategies, and the $6.1 billion MTAA Super believes its position is still strong amidst the economic turmoil due to its heavy investments in unlisted assets. MTAA Super, which was awarded SelectingSuper's ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
MTAA Super has been awarded SelectingSuper's Fund of the Year by the Rainmaker Group beating finalists that included other star performers and market innovators HESTA Super, AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being ...

Aviva grants free child life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... products. "This is an invaluable benefit because it can allow parents to take time off work to take their child to the hospital or a specialist during a critical time of need."

HESTA appoints three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $13 billion HESTA Super Fund has appointed two new executive managers and a compliance manager to its Melbourne office. The appointment of new Executive Managers - Member Advice and Member Education, brings an added 25 years' industry experience ...

S&P awards hotel fund 'three stars'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Research and ratings firm, Standard & Poor's awarded the unlisted property fund, Abacus Hospitality Fund a 'three star' rating. Investment in the Abacus Hospitality Fund consists of units in the Abacus Hospitality Trust, which is 'stapled' to shares ...

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
Anyone needing convincing that the resources and commodities boom only has years to run should listen to Rio Tinto describe the insatiable worldwide demand for minerals. Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, speaking at yesterday's Australia-Israel ...