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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat on a negative US lead, although recent performances have seen the local reporting season having a strong, positive influence. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0849 AEDT, the March share price index ...

Goldman Sachs to buy insurer USI for $1.8bn

The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs & Co has made a play for USI Holdings, the tenth largest insurance broker in the US, in a merger deal worth just under $1.8 billion (US$1.4 billion). Under the proposed merger, USI shareholders will each receive ...

New guardian for the Future Fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
The offices of the Federal Treasurer and the Minister For Finance and Administration have announced the appointment of John Paterson to the Future Fund board of guardians. Paterson fills the vacancy left by Robert Elstone, who was forced to resign from ...

Goldman Sachs wins Asia's bank of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Goldman Sachs has won IFR Asia's award for Bank of the Year following two months of scrutiny by IFR Asia's team of reporters and analysts. Matthew Davies, editor of IFR Asia, said: "Goldman Sachs has been described as the Tiger Woods of investment banking ...

UniSuper flags $1b property spend

UniSuper is the latest megafund to flag it will invest at least $1 billion in unlisted property over the next five years, enough firepower to acquire 100 per cent or majority stakes in buildings, an investment strategy once the exclusive domain of fund ...

Equipsuper adds five to its team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Equipsuper has announced five staff appointments to bolster its team and drive it towards further growth on the back of a strong 2006 so far. Equipsuper's internal investment team has made two key appointments with Suzanne Branton stepping into the ...

Super funds to back new home equity mortgage group

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Superannuation funds are set to get behind a new home equity mortgage group, headed up by the former chief executive officer of Rothschild Asset Management, that will bring shared appreciation style mortgages to Australia. Peter Martin together with ...

Adelaide Bank targets growth through wealth management

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
Retiring Adelaide Bank chief executive, Barry Fitzpatrick, said the bank will aim for greater revenue diversification by ramping up the wealth management side of the business. Fitzpatrick's report in the bank's annual report, released yesterday, reveals ...

RBC Dexia appointed fund admin for GS JBWere AM

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GS JBWere AM) has appointed RBC Dexia Investor Services as fund administrator and transfer agent for its $8 billion Australian portfolio. Managing director of GS JBWere AM, Ian Ward-Ambler, said his business undertook ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has taken out the fund manager of the year award at Standard & Poor's annual awards ceremony, held in Sydney last night in association with Morningstar-owned Investor Weekly and IFA trade publications. Also picking up ...