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Mercer promotes Eagleton

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Simon Eagleton has been promoted to Asia Pacific investment consulting regional business leader as part of a series of executive changes at Mercer. Eagleton previously worked the investment consulting business leader for Australia and New Zealand for ...

AMP appoints head of infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Boe Pahari, former ABN AMRO executive, to the newly created role of head of infrastructure Asia Pacific. Pahari will support AMP Capital's continued expansion into Asia. Pahari will lead a team of investment professionals ...

Westpoint investors win $13.5m compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
ASIC has successfully obtained court approval of a $13.5-million settlement from State Trustees on behalf of Westpoint investors. The class action initiated by ASIC against Melbourne based trustee company, State Trustees, relates to investments made ...

Asian equities to open up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
A new technology deal struck by major Asia-Pacific stock exchanges with NYSE Technologies this month could pave the way for more Australian investors to buy Asian equities much easier than before. According to a press statement, Bursa Malaysia (BM) ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Natural Capital joins a nascent group of fund managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second. Sustainable investing, called by any other name, has been around for decades. But Angus Forbes ...

PIS to pay $5.9m to Westpoint investors

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The Federal Court of Australia has approved the settlement of an ASIC-initiated compensation claim to PIS clients who were advised to invest in failed Westpoint Group - ordering PIS to pay $5.9 million to these clients. The court approved a distribution ...

CFS and Brookfield scoop property awards

PIR RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Property Investment Research (PIR) has awarded CFS Retail Property Trust (CFX) as the A-REIT of the Year and Brookfield Secured Bonds as the Product of the Year at the research firm's annual forum held this month. The awards were presented at PIR's ...

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Gulf region stands to destabilise global asset prices depending on how it redeploys its investment capital, after new data found the value of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than ...

Macquarie enters China JV

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has established a trust company joint venture in mainland China - the second JV in less than a week following its recent deal with Middle Eastern investment bank, Gulf Finance House. The Chinese JV, which will be called Sino-Australian ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Three KPMG partners have been banned as registered auditors for periods ranging from nine to 24 months following ASIC's crackdown on their roles in the Westpoint collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's ...