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Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Boutique incubators, Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent ...

Five Oceans gains China and India fund mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Five Oceans Asset Management has been selected by financial planning group Garnaut Private Client Advisers to manage its China and India investment fund. Ross Youngman, chief executive at Five Oceans Asset Management, said Garnaut Private Clients had ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Going nowhere fast. This is what the Dow did over the past two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Index dropped 122 points - the biggest since mid-December - after rallying by 116 points the day before. The Dow closed at a 15-month high on speculation that ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Macquarie Group is eyeing Mexican infrastructure this new year, following the launch of a new infrastructure fund and winning $294 million in mandates from seven Mexican pension funds. In a press statement released late last week, Macquarie announced ...

ETF Securities ramps up for 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
ETF Securities has gained $100 million in local funds to its exchange traded commodities product (ETC) and is looking to ramp up its local sales activity next year. Nigel Phelan, head of sales for Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
David Leuschen, the founder of private equity firm Riverstone Holdings, has been ordered to pay US$20 million to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. US Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement with Leuschen to resolve Leuschen's ...

Mecchi leaves HOSTPLUS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Umberto Mecchi, executive manager marketing, strategy & sales at HOSTPLUS, has left the super fund after five years to pursue a career in advertising. A statement from HOSTPLUS said an extensive search for his replacement had started and announcement ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Just when we thought Dubai's Desert Storm was just a one-off, we're now confronted with the shock and awe at more warnings over sovereign credit ratings. Remember the one? Towards the close of November Dubai World dropped a bombshell by announcing that ...