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Cbus and St Hilliers tag housing project

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Cbus Property, a subsidiary of the $13 billion super fund Cbus, and St Hilliers are teaming up to launch a marketing campaign for a $148 million luxury apartment development project in Darlinghurst. According to a press statement, St Hilliers and Cbus ...

Perennial ramps up international business strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners has appointed an international business development manager to gain more UK, US and Middle Eastern clients. Michael Crivelli, executive chair at Perennial, said a number of the fund manager's boutique strategies are highly ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Challenger has won a $650 million mandate to be invested in its Guaranteed Index Return product, bringing the total guaranteed product sales for the life company to an estimated $2.15 billion this financial year. Stuart Barton, head of marketing and ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Financial markets have comeback to reality after being distracted by the renminbi sideshow courtesy of the Peoples Bank of China. They've woken up to the reality that their dream of a floating, dearer yuan is just that a dream. Oh yes, the PBOC tried ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Australians are taking out a reverse mortgage to provide extra income, instead of using the extra funds to refurbish their house or go on holidays, a report found. Kevin Conlon, chief executive at the Senior Australians Equity Release (SEQUAL), said ...

CalPERS buys Gatwick Airport stake

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has bought a 12 per cent stake in London Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners for $178 million. Gatwick Airport is the UK's second most active airport and one of the busiest ...

Planners advising ETFs double

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
The number of planners advising on exchange traded funds has doubled in the last year - a trend that looks set to continue as investors pump more funds into the sector. New figures from the Investment Trends December 2009 ETF Report has found that 38,000 ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Flatline. That's what you'll see when you look at Wall Street's pulse monitor this morning. I would be too if faced with the same old, same old daily boring stuff that financial market agents look at everyday. While we were sleeping, a raft of economic ...

Insurance broker gets permanent ban

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
ASIC has permanently banned insurance broker Steven James Ker of Palmyra, Western Australia, from providing financial services. The banning follows an ASIC investigation into Ker's conduct as an authorised representative dealing in general insurance ...

Contango Microcap appoints distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Fund manager Contango MicroCap has recruited Boyd Peters, previously at EQT Funds Management, to a newly created senior role in distribution. Peters, who joins Contango as national distribution manager, has 16 years experience in the financial services ...