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Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The future of van Eyk Research must be determined before the end of October but the stricken consulting and research firm's administrator remains optimistic a buyer will be found after receiving a number of expressions of interest. A committee of creditors ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... survey of the sector reveals. More than 200 family office principles from over 40 countries completed Campden Wealth Research's survey, representing $180 billion in private wealth. The Global Family Office Report 2014, published in partnership with UBS ...

Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... would cause nasty consequences for the economy. There is no argument that Australian property prices are frothy. IMF research published about three months ago showed Australian property is the third most expensive in the developed world based on 'house ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has launched the UBS Microcap Fund, which gives investors exposure to microcap companies outside the ASX300. The fund is managed by microcap portfolio manager Joel Fleming and has support from UBS' existing small companies ...

Trilogy Funds makes $9m property investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... Nursing Service is the second largest tenant. Colliers International and Pellicano Group are also tenants. "From our research, there is no doubt the size and diversity of the Melbourne suburban market makes it a good investment destination," Trilogy ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Cbus and the New Zealand Super Fund have joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios. Mercer said the study would be "framed by several plausible climate scenarios ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... the four main brokers," Oshry said, and added that "the absolute key in the current market is to remain committed to research." As an example, he explained that the managers travelled to Kangaroo Island to try the ferries themselves when considering ...

Former PwC exec joins Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... firm in London, advising UK pension schemes on a range of investment matters and was also head of its investment manager research. Towers Watson Director, investment services for Australia Graeme Miller said: "We're very excited to have a consultant ...

van Eyk up for sale

ALICE URIBE, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... and its associated assets. In a statement administrator Trent Hancock said: "The core business and assets of van Eyk Research remain valuable and highly regarded, to the extent that we have fielded a large number of informal expressions of interest through ...