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Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... board, which appeals to many investors who want exposure to alternative investments but want it through a more robust corporate governance structure. Being listed also enables the fund to provide liquidity through daily unit prices, he said. This is ...

Sustainable investing eclipses SRI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... rewarding good performers, largely in the extraction industries, on the basis of often fuzzy criteria promulgated by the corporate social responsibility movement. "These early approaches tended to force an unacceptable trade-off between social criteria ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... Australian Business Economists post-budget lunch. In share market news, Macquarie Bank Ltd releases its annual results, while Corporate Express Australia and Cumnock Coal Ltd holds their AGMs. Newcomer, Texon Petroleum, will list on the ASX today. The ...

Northern Trust wins Future Fund custody

... strategy to continue to grow our business in the Asia-Pacific region," said Tim Theriault, the group's president of corporate and institutional services. Michelle Baltazar

MFS sells half stake in HFA

HAMISH MADDEN AND CAMERON BOGGS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... and support for HFA continues through our remaining 19.4 per cent holding in HFA," explained Luke Gannon, head of MFS' corporate group. "We are very comfortable with our investment in HFA and look forward to enjoying strong growth from our remaining ...

Public equity under pressure

... have also added another valuation mechanism in that they are more conscious of company gearing levels. "In hindsight, corporate Australia and corporate US have been undergeared but that is changing." James Foulsham, senior trader at contracts for difference ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... Citing companies like Flight Centre and Australia Post, he said both changed their attitudes to look at the problem as a corporate responsibility issue. Flight Centre especially, he said, led the way with compulsory financial planning for each employee ...

Hillross hiring

Hillross has announced that Gina Mavraidis has been promoted to manager, national clients and corporate development, and a new NSW state manager has been recruited to fill her former role. Mavraidis, previously the NSW state manager, was the 2006 Hillross ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... advisers to tailor each client's requirements, such as the portfolio composition, leverage levels, investment term, corporate action elections, e.g. voting, buybacks, and capital protection requirements. The all-in-costs are lower than installment warrants ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... shaped yield curves are increasingly rare and investors are no longer being paid for taking on capital risk," he said. "Corporate balance sheets are currently in extremely healthy shape. Corporate governance has been enhanced by increasing legal protections ...