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Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... secondary and direct means are evaluated regularly and adjusted accordingly, Partners Group believes. In 2007 at the outset of the GFC, private equity commitments by Partners Group Global Value SICAV were at 45% in primary, 55% secondary and none in ...

NY family office compared to hedge fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... advising small public companies on alternative forms of financing and co-investing in deals before shifting focus during the GFC. From 2009, Fairhills Group has been primarily managing capital investments of the Bronson family office in public companies ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... ESG stocks in its global listed infrastructure portfolio outperforming the bottom-rated stocks by more than 20% during the GFC. CFSGAM focus on integrating ESG into investment processes to make the best possible investment decision in addition to encouraging ...

Not the biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 18 MAR 2012

Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... substantively. And we have demonstrated that fact." Goldman Sachs has faced various inquiries in the US over its activities during the GFC.

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... three new fixed income ETFs were launched on the ASX yesterday, iShares referred to trading patterns during the height of the GFC to demonstrate the products' liquidity and durability. iShares yesterday launched three products tracking the UBS Composite ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Rainmaker has revealed in its latest Roundup report. Annual growth was negative 1.6%, resulting in FUM still being below the pre-GFC peak of $1.5 trillion it reached December 2007, they noted. The five fastest growing asset classes over the 12 months ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... remuneration. Remuneration policies that encouraged risky behaviour were identified as a practice too common in the lead-up to the GFC by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) general manager David Lewis, who says the regulator is unconcerned ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... 11.3 2006 12.7 2007 14.2 2008 9.6 2009 9.2 2010 10.4 2011 9.2 Can you see eight point O anywhere? It's MIA, even during the GFC. So why oh why would PM Wen announce this reduced growth target and decreased dependence on exports now? Could it be in response ...

Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift form alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... traditional revenue streams are dying from falling gap filling accountancy services and financial planning commissions from the GFC and FOFA, the SMSF industry goes from strength to strength." The offering is being rolled out for brokers this month.