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Infrastructure fund beats downturn

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The Private Capital Group's infrastructure fund, which counts heavyweights Sunsuper, Suncorp and BUSS(Q) among its clientele, has defied the market slump to report a 9.6 per cent return over a one year period to 31 December 2008. The Infrastructure ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Donations continue to pour from the financial services industry for those affected by the bushfires in Victoria. In a massive outpouring of support for the victims and their families, many firms have donated cash (at least $7.2 million in total on last ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
The Australian share market was firmly in the black at noon, led by resources and financial sectors, and following a strong US lead. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.3 points, or 1.45 per cent, at 3,520.2, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, dragged down by an upset financial market. By 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 18.9 points lower at 3419.9, while the broader All Ordinaries had lost 17.8 points at 3366.3. On the Sydney Futures ...

Suncorp chief departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Suncorp chief executive, John Mulcahy has stepped down from his role as the firm's plan to raise more capital. Mulcahy was chief executive for six years and will remain a chief executive and director at Suncorp until a new chief executive is appointed. ...

Solaris gets "highly recommended" rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Lonsec awarded Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity fund a 'highly recommended' rating. In its report, Lonsec said the 'long only' Australian equity fund's key strength is the experience of its ex-Suncorp investment team experience ...

Free cash flow wins mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Free cash flow is a recipe for strong above benchmark returns amid turbulent times, according to Epoch Investment Partners, which recently won a $173 million mandate from Suncorp. According to Andrew McKinnon, chief executive of Grant Samuel Funds Management ...

Pinnacle taps private equity demand

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Pinnacle attracts two key private equity execs from AMP to run its newly-launched fund at a time when many investors are starting to trawl the market for the best private equity investments. Pinnacle Investment Management yesterday announced the establishment ...

Principal Global Investors wins $160m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Principal Global Investors Australia has been awarded a $160 million global equity mandate from Tyndall/Suncorp Investment Management. At the end of last year, Suncorp reshuffled its manager line up of its Investment Management World Equities Trust. ...

New year, new stocks: Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Suncorp Investment Management has dramatically changed the investment line up within its Investment Management Word Equities Trust when it axed 50 per cent of the stocks in the portfolio and reconfigured fund manager allocation. The trust has increased ...