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UBS sets sights on global infrastructure

... Management. Bar the Cross City Tunnel fiasco, domestic and global infrastructure have drawn investors because of the asset class' relatively high and stable returns compared to the associated risks. Last year, Macquarie Bank teamed up with the UK index ...

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Investors get money back from failed mortgage scheme

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... found negligently and deliberately misled them. Led by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the class action was brought against Lawyers Private Mortgages (LPM), which was a practitioner nominee company for the legal firm which ...

MacBank launches commodities only fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Macquarie Bank funds management (MFM) has launched a wholesale commodities fund, giving investors direct access to commodity market performances through local indices. MFM's head of distribution, Bruce Murphy, said the fund will be actively managed ...

New BT MTM line up avoids home bias

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
BT has been carrying out some well reported shuffling of its multi-manager funds, and with the transitions all but complete the head of manager selection for the group said they have "avoided filling it with BT proprietary products." BT head of investment ...

VFMC bears teething pains to woo top talent

... investment returns for a given risk budget, and to achieve this we need to remain at arm's length in assessing and hiring best in class fund managers, wherever they are located." Meanwhile, one of the crucial roles that is yet to be filled is the newly-created ...

Rivals join hands for AustralianSuper

Walking down the aisle with two brides? The soon-to-merge STA/ARF mega fund AustralianSuper will retain both JANA and Frontier to provide asset consulting for the fund's combined $20 billion portfolio. Under the arrangement that will come into effect ...

Julius Baer and Aurora offer fixed interest

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Aurora Funds Management has partnered with Swiss giant Julius Baer to launch an Australian fixed interest fund as a feeder into the huge Julius Baer fixed interest pool of funds. The Aurora Absolute Return Fund is open to institutional investors in ...

Pentacle hits the market with diversified direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced its arrival and at the same time unveiled its new unlisted diversified property fund of funds with a focus on liquidity. Speaking at the launch, Pentacle and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) ...

Advance partners with Mellon to launch global alpha play

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
Riding the wave of alpha investing and the need to more flexibly allocate investments to seize opportunities fast, Advance has just announced the launch of its Global Alpha Fund. Mellon Capital Management will manage the fund and actively allocates ...