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LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Listed property valuation firm LandMark White is setting up a new investment management arm that boasts industry heavyweights Linden Toll, president of ADPIA, and ex-Investa fund manager Michael Este at its helm. LandMark White has traditionally been ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
A group of investors and asset consultants, sitting on a panel at an InAssociation infrastructure conference in Sydney on Wednesday, was asked to make a call on the future of the investment bank specialist funds model. They agreed it was over. The infrastructure ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
It has been over a year since Australian equities heavyweights Rohan Walsh and Luke Sinclair left Invesco for Karara Capital. The market timing may have been off but the pair still proved their mettle judging by their debut returns in their new home. ...

Calliva suspends new loans to SMSFs

THE SHEET  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Specialist lender Calliva Group has been forced to suspend new applications for its superannuation fund loan product, SuperAccess, after being told by its funder RBS that its facility would not be renewed. Calliva chief executive Vince Scully said RBS ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... investors turning their eyes to finding more innovative ways to grow long-term wealth. This series enables growth investors to gear into potential market upside with downside protection and no margin calls. Investors can borrow up to 100 per cent and ...

Franchise banking attract planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The franchising industry may seem worlds apart from financial planning but Commonwealth Bank has found a way to tap into the franchising model to better serve the banking needs of dealer groups. Last October, Commonwealth Bank launched a specialist ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Schroders Investment Management has launched the Geared Global Active Value fund, which gives retail investors access to a geared version of the firm's successful global equity fund. The Schroders Geared Global Active Value uses external lenders to ...

CFS takes infrastructure to the front line

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Colonial First State (CFS) may be best known for favouring highly liquid assets but the group is slowly but steadily turning to infrastructure based on new fund developments. CFS is increasing its involvement in the infrastructure sphere with allocations ...

Perpetual Series 3 still tax effective

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... interest rate deductibility of capital protected borrowings. The firm's Protected Investments - Series 3 allows investors to gear up potential market upside, secures the downside and includes no margin calls. Russel Chesler, Perpetual general manager ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday launched the first offerings from its new structured investments team, aimed squarely at trustees of self managed superannuation funds. Like a number of other financial institutions, CBA is hoping to take advantage of changes ...