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Wash sales left to dry: GMK Centric

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... they promote the use of 'wash sale' strategies to gain a tax break for their clients, warns chartered accountancy GMK Centric. A wash sale is when an investor buys and sells a security through two different brokers to recognise a tax loss without any ...

Westscheme awards $10m private equity mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... industry superannuation fund Westscheme has appointed a $10 million private equity mandate to Brandon Capital. The biomedical-centric fund manager was awarded the mandate as Westscheme turned its attention to Australia's burgeoning medical research space. ...

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
An Eastern European-centric socially responsible investment (SRI) fund has been developed by European-based responsible investment research provider GES Investment Services and Estonian-based Limestone Investment Management. The Limestone New Europe ...

Raising stakes in charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... bono from industry veterans including Frank Macindoe, Goldman Sachs JBWere's director of private wealth; Robert Keavney, Centric Wealth Advisers chief investment officer; and Doug McTaggart, QIC chief executive. Also providing their input are Mark Nelson ...

Wikis may be working for Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collaborate online. The bank already has around 1000 user ...

Property back to fair value

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... Hannon, head of real estate at GSJBW Asset Management, said the spillover and rotation of those securities into Australian-centric real estate would arguably be a case of leaping "from the frying pan into the fire". "What we're concerned about is rising ...

Sustainability the new pizzazz at nabCapital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... investors will soon be able to pick another fish from the sustainable funds pond as nabCapital launches its first sustainable-centric investment product. nabCapital's Sustainable Notes Series 2008-1 will allow investors to invest in 20 ASX listed companies ...

Investors swarm to Asian hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... the US and Western Europe. Figures also indicate that there are more than 1,000 single strategy hedge funds with an Asia-centric focus, while more than 92 per cent of hedge funds these funds have less than 5 years of performance track record. Hong Kong ...

Great Southern branches outside agribusiness

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... team. Last month, Great Southern launched a Rural Opportunities Fund, which provides investors with exposure to rural centric property and infrastructure holdings.

Centric Wealth appoints new directors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Independently owned wealth advisory group, Centric Wealth, has reshuffled its board of directors ahead of its planned initial public offering next year. Roger Davis has been appointed chairman with Martin Bloom, David MacKenzie, Alan Schwartz and Russel ...