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Martin Currie buys $480m hedge fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Martin Currie has bought Sofaer Capital's European long/short equity business, a hedge fund with more than $480 million in assets. The deal means the principals of the fund, Michael Browne and Steve Frost, join Martin Currie in July. Charlotte Dagg ...

Macquarie taps forestry opportunities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has opened Macquarie Forestry Investment 2010 - a project that provides retail investors access to combined investments of both trees and forestry land on which they grow. The offering will be open to investors ...

APRA concedes on life ins data, slaps down friendlies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... super funds industry response to APRA publishing 'whole of fund' performance data, insurers argued that public release of company group level solvency and profitability is commercially sensitive and could distort their cost of capital. Friendly societies ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... actuary of Qantas Super has recommended "the additional funding plan remain in place but with the extra contributions by the Company, under the additional funding plan, being slowed". The fund announced last month that the plan's financial position has ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Mercer has been appointed by Investec Specialist Private Bank to support its high net worth client investment service. Investec will draw on Mercer's forward-looking global research on managers to identify best in class investment products. In particular ...

AMP boosts SMA service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
AMP has teamed up with New Zealand-based tech provider FNZ to improve the online functionality of its separately managed account service. The new features of the AMP Personalised Portfolio, which came into effect this week, include a real time reporting ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has doubled its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... jitters over the continent's shaky finances. Shares in BP PLC plunged 13.1 per cent, on the first of trading after the oil company's latest failed attempt to block the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. London's FTSE index closed down 25.13 points, or 0.48 ...

BNP Paribas merger with Fortis complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
BNP Paribas Investment Partners' merger with Fortis Investments is complete, with Robert Harrison appointed chief executive of the 14th largest fund manager in Australia with $24 billion in assets under management. The announcement follows the completion ...

Praemium upgrades V-Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Praemium has revamped its online portfolio administration platform - V-Wrap - to incorporate a single business process, making it easier for advisers to create strategies that meet clients' simple and complex investment needs. The announcement coincides ...