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Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Southern Cross Venture Partners has launched a $200 million venture capital fund with a focus on early stage investments and propelling new Australian businesses on to the global stage. Southern Cross Venture Partners aims to leverage its strong existing ...

Advice scam nets accountant 8 years inside

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
An accountant who fleeced nearly $1 million from investors through his financial advice business has been jailed for eight years. Piet Walters was found guilty of 14 charges of dishonesty relating to $972,000 given to his Drury Management business in ...

OptiMix adds emerging markets to diversified portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
OptiMix will include global emerging markets as an asset class in three of its diversified funds, citing diversification benefits and potentially higher returns as primary reasons for the shift in strategic asset allocation. The multi-manager will now ...

Mellon scores $10m global alpha mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
Mellon Global Investments Australia has been awarded a $10 million mandate from MasterSuper. The $10 million MasterSuper mandate will go to Mellon's Global Alpha Trust, a relative value multi-strategy fund approaching three years since its inception. ...

Perpetual adds four to wholesale team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
Perpetual Investments has bolstered its wholesale business team with four new appointments. Justin Walsh was one of two senior specialists appointed to the wholesale business team, moving over from his role as head of research for Morningstar. Suzanne ...

There's room for more alpha: T. Rowe Price

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
Despite making money for investors the world over for nearly 70 years, US based T. Rowe Price has avoided the Australian market, until now. But with the red-hot global run that most Aussie equities managers have ridden to record returns now cooling ...

It's time to work together: MDRT

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
At nearly 80 years of age, the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is still leading the charge for international best practice in financial advice and, excited by what it sees in Australia, it is urging advisers and associations to work together to continue ...

Finsia expands education to Korea

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Korea Securities Dealers Association (KSDA) that will see Finsia provide education and training to financial professionals across Korea. The Memorandum ...

Fincorp launches safety-first income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
Funds management and property development business Fincorp Group has announced the launch of its Enhanced Income Fund which aims to deliver a return to investors of 8.5 per cent per annum. The unlisted unit trust will invest in a portfolio of commercial ...

Improve returns by picking losers: Triguboff

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
The best way to improve returns is to start looking at losing stocks, according to Michael Triguboff, managing director of MIR Investment Management. Speaking at the ipac Thought Leaders Event "Finding tomorrow's alpha", Tribuboff explained that both ...