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Global private equity firms invest in OzForex

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... by Macquarie Private Wealth. The size of the investment was not disclosed however Carlyle Group will take a seat on the company's board. Another private equity firm, the $6 billion Accel Partners, also bought a stake in the company. OzForex said they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... Fortescue Metals Group Ltd continues in the Federal Court in Perth, and Hills Holdings chairman Jennifer Hill-Ling and the company's managing director, Graham Twartz, address the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Adelaide. There is no economics ...

Founder of GSAM quant group to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... quantitative equity group in Australia, will be retiring from the firm at the end of the year, after 24 years with the company. S&P fund services subsequently confirmed that the ratings on the Goldman Sachs Global Flex funds (both hedged and unhedged) ...

Shareholder activism at the Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... board of governors voted against a proposal to appoint Nora Scheinkestel as a new director of Telstra. It also opposed the company's remuneration report, and voted against the adoption of a new constitution. Despite the fact that the fund remains the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... scheduled to list on the Australian Securities Exchange at midday AEDT, with an allocation of $4.05 billion in shares. The company will be valued at $6.7 billion at a float price of $2.55. RiverCity Motorway Group, Bow Energy Ltd, and Liquefied Natural ...

RI Advice investment team departure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... Fortnum Financial Group as a client. The investment research team will create its own portfolio construction services company over the next six months. RI Advice said it is now looking for new staff to replace the team which consisted of Dan Miles, Diego ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... business performance in the last financial year, shareholders in Challenger Financial Services overwhelmingly voted down the company's remuneration report yesterday. Almost 65 per cent of shareholders opposed the remuneration report, which offered generous ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Neutral - 8.9 per cent In the Schroder Australian Equity Opportunities fund annual report, period ending 30 June 2010, the company said that there were "no significant changes in the nature of the Fund's activities during the year". The fund is an all ...

Fin services execs earn big bucks

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... of the big 4 banks - there are some surprisingly high entries from the industry. Challenger Financial Services is one company to feature prominently on the list with chief executive Dominic Stevens total remuneration rising by almost 63 per cent to $6.6 ...

Perpetual FUM stable despite KKR bid

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Investors have shrugged off uncertainty surrounding Perpetual Investments' future, with the company reporting that its clients have kept their money with the manager despite a takeover approach last month. In a statement to the ASX yesterday, Perpetual ...