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Mariner taps into private equity

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Mariner Financial has launched a bid to purchase TV production company Beyond International, which, if successful, will form a seed asset of a new private equity fund to be launched next year. The fund, to be housed under a new brand, Mariner Capital ...

Seven page PDS insurance breakthrough

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
Allianz has thrown down a huge challenge to the insurance industry with the launch of a direct access life insurance suite of products that not only lower costs by up to 30 per cent but come with a product disclosure statement that is only seven pages. ...

Resolution Capital reaches its Pinnacle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Pinnacle Investment Management has acquired a 40 per cent stake in the global property manager Resolution Capital, in a deal that will significantly boost Pinnacle's boutique stable that already includes Hyperion, Plato and Palisade. The deal will enable ...

Carbon trading for consumers: M2

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Showing what can happen when businesses are given a viable commercial pathway for doing something about climate exchange, telecommunications group M2 has launched a consumer package that automatically buys abatements on the Australian Climate Exchange ...

Good software frees advisers to advise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
The mark of good financial planning software is that it allows planners to spend more time with clients and less on administration, the Australian Financial Advisers (AFA) Future of Financial Planning Technology luncheon club heard yesterday. Modern ...

The real choice battlefront: direct versus intermediated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
InvestmentLink's latest super choice index confirms that funds without either very strong distribution networks or powerful brands able to attract self-directed investors will struggle to gain momentum under super choice. The report is based on InvestmentLink's ...

Compare the pair campaign is back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
Consumers can expect a renewed round of industry fund television advertising based on the now firmly established 'Compare the pair' theme. The campaign follows release of several 2006-07 performance surveys that show the normal-1-2 per cent advantage ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Super funds are appointing a new investment mandate every 12 weeks, driven by their need to access more sophisticated investment styles, asset classes and having more global-quality investment managers to choose from, according to a new report released ...

Battle lines drawn over defence force super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
A fight has emerged between the Government and the ALP over which party will better protect the superannuation interests of Australia's Defence Force personnel. Yesterday ALP shadow superannuation spokesperson Senator Nick Sherry and shadow spokesperson ...

AX investing takes hold

... on September 13 and 14. The event will also profile some of the largest US based quantitative and fundamental AX managers. Alex Dunnin Please contact Carl Davey, Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage for further information on 02-9770 1619 or Carl.Davey@mor ...