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Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
Economic global weight shifting towards Asia is being accompanied by rapid development in the Asian private equity market. The sector is estimated at about $50 billion, and after several years of falls appears to now be regrouping and climbing up from ...

Zurich expands Life and Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Strategic Finance and chief life actuary and, more recently, as the acting CFO. He was then appointed as head of Corporate Development before heading to CommInsure where he was chief financial officer and chief life actuary for just under a year.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a flat start to the week as investors await developments in Europe. Greece moved closer to fresh elections on the weekend as talks between political parties, who are divided over austerity measures, failed to establish ...

My Public Accountant goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
In one of the most innovative developments by a professional association, the 20,000-strong Institute of Public Accountants is repackaging its professional member services in a move it expects will transform how public accountants connect with their ...

Budget: Calls for SuperStream levy dialogue

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... visibility about how and where the money is applied. "We have always known that there would be a cost associated with the development of SuperStream, what we want to see really is the detail about how the levy is going to be applied across the industry ...

CFS chief executive Bissaker to depart

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... like to thank Brian for his substantial contribution to Colonial First State over the past 10 years, including the development of a very strong team, reaching number one in satisfaction and attaining $59 billion in platform funds, which is a significant ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... early adopters have been in the retail space," Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's principal of corporate affairs and market development recently told Financial Standard. Research conducted by Deloitte on behalf of Russell Investments in 2011 found that institutions ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Australian Tax Office has responded to criticism that tax treatment of gains on private equity is impacting flow of development capital from institutional investors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has raised concerns ...

Arts attract philanthropic funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... annual review. Funds for projects ranging from direct support of artists to acquisition of works and related community development projects accounted for $5.28 million of the $23.2 million in grants to organisations from clients of the multi-family office ...

AFA launches revamped website

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a revamped website to better connect members, following development of its multi-platform social media presence. "We've completely rebuilt the website from the ground-up, with the intention of providing ...