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QIC awards $570m mandate to US endowment fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
QIC has awarded a US$500 million mandate to Makena Capital, a US-based endowment and foundation (E&F) fund. Brad Holzberger, QIC strategy general manager, said the mandate was awarded for strategic reasons. "Investing in E&F funds is more about investing ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
China may be turning green after all as it finds the business of cleaning-up to be a financially lucrative one. Power generation is the biggest source of CO2 in America and until recently America was the biggest producer of CO2 in the world. But China's ...

Industry funds to boost planner numbers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
Industry funds are looking to offer members access to a greater numbers of financial planners to try and counter the near 15,000 retail-oriented planners now advising in Australia. Currently, industry funds offer commission-free financial planing to ...

HOSTPLUS finds its bare feet

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
HOSTPLUS is set to launch a range of new member education measures based around the famous "Barefoot Investor" Scott Pape, complete with an online website-driven strategy, a long-term campaign and member education seminars. The campaign, called Kerching ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
In Western Australia some small businesses have had to close because they cannot compete in the wage wars with mining companies who are offering premium pay packets to workers. There is increasing pressure on the hospitality, retail and manufacturing ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
China's runaway economy may be reason enough to cut the value of the yuan without any pressure from US Treasury, but pressure is gently mounting for a single Asian currency. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese Government is considering a currency revaluation ...

HOSTPLUS launches super sport campaign

Industry fund HOSTPLUS, which enjoyed an advertising coup last year with its sponsorship of NRL grand finalist Melbourne Storm, is to roll out another aggressive sports-themed campaign for this year. The new TV campaign will show a montage of different ...

Zenith recommends Macq's Fusion Funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
Macquarie's capital protected Fusion Funds have been awarded a 'recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. Director David Smythe said, "A Fusion fund alternative provides investors further peace of mind on retention of their capital and overall ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a revised code of ethics and conduct, with a strong focus on conflict of interest, transparency and training of staff. Conflict of interest guidelines in particular are spelled out ...