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Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...

Pinnacle appoints distrib exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed Andrew Chambers to director of distribution and client relationships after the group's boutique businesses success in the market. Chambers previously worked at Legg Mason for seven years as vice president ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Treasury boss Ken Henry's speech last week continues to attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on falls of more than 1.5 per cent on Wall Street overnight and lower metal prices in London. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was down 110 points ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... of banks that would be happy to extend us some credit lines." Origin is an ANZ bank wholesale funder that was itself for sale last year (but is no longer on the market). The managing director of the mortgage aggregator Australian Finance Group, Brett ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
AXA Rosenberg plans to launch an emerging market fund in the Australian market in three months, tailored to suit a super fund's 'alpha needs'. Douglas Burton, managing director and head of investments in Australia and New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said ...

Clever but not too clever investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
Recent shakeouts in the LPT and direct property sector have prompted property investment firms including Ray White Invest to steer clear from "too clever" institutional products. RWI head of sales and distribution, David Adiseshan, said the recent chain ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
UBS takes a fresh approach to fixed income investment with a new product that delivers above market performance by diversifying across four of the firm's fixed income funds. The UBS Fixed Income Plus includes fully automated investment decisions and ...

New recruit at GESB

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
WA's largest super fund GESB has appointed Robyn Taylor as the new manager of retail sales and service. Taylor has 20 years experience in the superannuation industry including various senior management positions at Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Nobles Lowndes. ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) is donating sales commissions that cannot be rebated back to clients to an Indian charity project called Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building ...