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AMP Cap invests in clean tech private equity

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... companies that benefit from strong environmental growth drivers linked to energy price volatility, the quest for energy independence, corporate and consumer preferences and government policy," said Angus Dennis, investment specialist at AMP Capital. ...

Hands off SMSFs, warns assoc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... said Jolyon Forsyth, AIA president. "There should be no change to the current practices in relation to investment independence and to the minor limitations placed on trustees." The AIA said they want no government prescribed educational requirements ...

Matrix drops van Eyk for Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... 1999. Rick Di Cristoforo, managing director of Matrix said van Eyk lost the contract due to client engagement and independence issues, as the firm provides both research and products to investors. "Part of it was client engagement, part of it is the ...

Adviser search leads to AFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Financial advisers searching for independence and a better equity deal in the business are switching dealer groups to Australian Financial Services, according to Peter Daly, chief executive and managing director at the dealer group. Daly said the group's ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... selection of 34 issues that appeared on the ballots of Canadian companies. On the agenda were board and committee independence, executive stock option plans, and corporate reporting on environmental and social risks. O'Neill stressed that investors should ...

Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... van Eyk set up in Australia in 1989, there are challenges in the provision of financial advice, including lack of independence, focus, and the understanding of the risk-rewards trade-offs." "At the same time, over this past 20 years, there have been ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... on the Fed's bailouts last year and on all the toxic waste you have bought. And Chairman Greenspan sold the Fed's independence to Wall Street through the so-called "Greenspan Put". Whenever Wall Street needed a boost, Alan was there. But you went far ...

Planners hit by ratings pullout

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... yesterday, and cited concerns that membership of a local external dispute resolution scheme would "interfere with the independence of our rating opinions". Being a member of an approved EDR scheme would also "undermine the global consistency and comparability ...

Man and CS launch managed account service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... service provides access to hedge funds and other alternative assets. Both firms said this joint service provides independence, highlighting the fact that the platform is designed to ease potential conflicts between investors and the structured products ...

Four pillars of a good hedge fund: Ashton

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... the US, said Paulson's four pillars of running a solid hedge fund stems from a transparent model that focuses on independence. Raphaely comments that while some of the rules pertain to US hedge fund managers, lessons could also be learned and applied ...