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Resolution Capital reaches its Pinnacle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Pinnacle Investment Management has acquired a 40 per cent stake in the global property manager Resolution Capital, in a deal that will significantly boost Pinnacle's boutique stable that already includes Hyperion, Plato and Palisade. The deal will enable ...

Explorer turns new leaf with Ascalon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Boutique manager Ascalon Capital Managers has purchased 40 per cent of Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) provider Explorer Group from First Capital, ending confusion over the firm's stability. The company had been under a cloud following the purchase ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... stronger, with BHP Billiton adding 68 cents to $39.11 at 1205 AEST and Rio Tinto putting on 44 cents to $98.51 as prices for all major base metals rose on the London Metal Exchange. Rio today announced it will provide $420 million in funding to Ivanhoe ...

Church funds take youth off the streets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... Established in 1991, Youth of the Streets has grown from a single van food delivery service operating in Kings Cross, Sydney to a major catering agency that deals with a range of youth issues like substance abuse. "Helping the youth of today is where ...

The real choice battlefront: direct versus intermediated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... that industry or 'profit for member' funds are getting similar distribution (membership and contribution dollars) to the major banks, albeit under a completely different distribution model - one model pays predominantly salaried staff, one model relies ...

The great Australian FM shuffle

... "These things come in waves and often follow periods of strong market performance," he said, continuing, "When there's a major staff change, we'd automatically put the portfolio on review and take appropriate action." The important thing though he said ...

Water off a Peking duck's back

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... stock index again reached new heights, with year to date gains of a spectacular 92 per cent. It has blitzed every other major market, rising nearly 500 per cent since July 2005. As share values have been soaring, so have Chinese companies' rankings. ...

A new mandate every 12 weeks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... by the report is that 105 separate investment managers won $26 billion in new business during the March quarter, with the major winners being comprehensive full-service big brand managers who won 40 per cent and specialist fund managers who won 30 per ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... managers that are more tax-conscious. Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has overhauled its Australian share portfolio with five major fund managers dropped from the lineup namely AXA Rosenberg, Barclays Global Investors, BT Funds Management, Lazard, Schroders ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... said this morning's Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave interest rates on hold was expected and did not have a major impact on the market. "I think the RBA's decision that there would be no increase in rates today was taken for granted. Everything ...