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Fincorp lookalike under scrutiny

... latest prospectus of Australian Capital Reserve (ACR), another high-yield debenture provider that employed the same aggressive marketing tactics as Fincorp. Australian Capital Reserve and Fincorp were two of the companies that received a 'stop order' ...

PE investment in UK boosts job: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... companies. The report also found that contrary to perceptions that private equity investments profit almost exclusively by aggressive exit strategies, that "73 per cent of companies reported their growth to be organic rather than by acquisition following ...

Asgard welcomes head of corporate super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
Asgard Wealth Solutions has appointed a new head of corporate super to help drive growth in the division. Darren Whereat leaves MLC to take up his new appointment as head of business superannuation with Asgard saying it intends to aggressively target ...

Opes Prime appoints head of sales

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
Opes Prime has appointed a new head of sales and marketing to help drive the expansion of the business. Mark Rice brings 12 years of financial services experience to the role, including time spent as stockbroking manager for Adelaide Bank and as national ...

New year, new products, new chief

Securities lending and equity financing specialist Opes Prime has re-jigged its management team, appointed a new chief executive and signalled new product launches this year. Recently appointed non-executive chairman, Peter Gillooly, said the new management ...

HBOS expands with Whittaker Macnaught purchase

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... managing director, said the group would continue to pursue its national expansion plan. "HBOS Australia has ambitious and aggressive plans to become a major national provider of financial services and wealth management is critical to a full-service offering. ...

Private equity spree hurting managers: Suncorp

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... to the buyouts spree. "It certainly doesn't appear to have dampened off, though they do appear to be becoming more aggressive so that does worry me somewhat," he said. "But it always mean reverts, so you would expect a far stronger second half of the ...

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007. HOST-PLUS was also a finalist in the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards and this latest accolade caps off a big year for the public offer industry fund. David ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

Smallco scores four stars from S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
... October 2000. "The ability of the fund to short stocks and gear the portfolio means that this fund is significantly more aggressive than those of vanilla Australian small cap managers. This fund tends not, however, to short the more volatile biotechnology ...