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AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... investments to build out IDF II's portfolio.A Recent investments include subordinated loans to Canadian renewable energy company Alterra Power Corporation and US power generation facility Astoria Project Partners. "Our focus now is on deploying the remainder ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... up after oil prices rebounded slightly on signs of stronger-than-expected demand in the United States. Shares in energy company Santos rose 12 cents to $12.63 and Woodside Petroleum was up 36 cents to $40.40. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp gained 89 cents ...

Henderson appoints emerging markets portfolio manager

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... portfolio manager Glen Finegan as head of emerging market equities. Starting on 5 January 2015, he will report to the company' head of equities Graham Kitchen and have responsibility for managing the $1.67bn (A£1bn / US$1.73bn) global emerging market ...

CBA wealth division shrugs off falling market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... the bank posted unaudited cash earnings of $2.3 billion, while statutory net profit was approximately $2.4 billion. The company is on-track to beat its record full-year result of $8.8 billion profit for last year. In a statement on the Australian Securities ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Industry Group Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for September is due out, as is the Australian Institute of Company Directors' Director Sentiment Index. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank is expected to give its first quarter trading update ...

PIMCO rehires senior investment executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... begins in his new role on 12 November, had previously worked for PIMCO as a senior portfolio manager from 2009. He left the company to join GMO earlier this year. Reporting to group chief investment officer Daniel Ivascyn, Seidner will oversee several ...

Van Eyk spin-off signs first major client

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
InvestSense, the company established by van Eyk's former asset consultant team, has signed its first major client. Sentry Group, a national dealer group headquartered in Perth, has signed up to the new service. Established in 2005 by industry stalwart ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
TAL Superannuation Limited (TASL) has appointed three new independent directors to its board. The company is responsible for the superannuation business of life insurer TAL and it is operated through the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund. Peter ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has taken a 7.5% stake in UK rail freight leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance. The move is part of the broader investment strategy for TIF, overseen by trustee The Private Capital Group Pty Ltd (TPCG), to create a ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... means well-structured, fairly priced and skilfully delivered investment outcomes," said Tim Hodgson, global head of the company's new Thinking Ahead Group. Further, statistics show that asset consultants may be under threat from internalisation. Rainmaker ...