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Start saving for education early: Lifeplan

... country for education investment vehicles that provide both flexibility of investment, and significant tax advantages for returns earned by the investor." The fund will provide access to 16 different investment options managed by the big players in the ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... index funds, according to Susan Darroch, head of structured products at State Street Global Advisors. While recent market returns have done little to harm index funds' reputations, Darroch said the desire for alpha and beta separation from both retail ...

US energy powers VFMC

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has looked to the US energy and electric power sector for returns and is one of the investors in a power fund run by private equity fund manager Energy Investors. VFMC has bought into the United States ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... four star rating. S&P fund analyst Tara Bell said, "The four stars reflects our high conviction that risk-adjusted fund returns will consistently exceed relevant investment objectives and returns of peer funds. "The Diversified Portfolios from Select ...

Clean, green profit machines

... one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the financial year returns of 68 ASX listed clean technology companies, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ratings agency Corporate Monitor has found ...

ING PEAL rings in renewed PEP deal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... relationship with the PEP team. The partners have proved themselves through varying economic conditions and generated great returns for their investors." ING PEAL was also an investor in PEP Fund 3, which participated in seven private equity transactions ...

Wyllie launches new 'niche within a niche' company

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... investors. The first cab off the rank is the $100 million Private Equity Fund No 1,which offers a target of 20-30 per cent returns. The fund will target small-cap industrial companies with a West Australian core. Wyllie Group managing director and Viburnum ...

Westpac ends senior IT exec hunt

Diane Sias, a former executive at Westpac for ten years, returns to the bank in a senior IT role. Sias has been appointed as group executive, business & technology solutions & services and will join the bank in September. She will replace Michael Coomer ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... Managing director of global equities at SSgA, Arlene Rockefeller, said the funds provided "a significant increase in expected returns with a small or potentially no increase in active risk." They also allowed investors an option to invest in the strategies ...

REST rolls out returns to members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... cent per annum over 10 years. "REST's goal has always been to protect our members' capital while providing consistent returns, long-term growth and income," said Hill. "To be consistent with this goal we have maintained a conservative approach, accumulating ...