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Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Global alternative investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron ...

Westpac net profit up 34pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
Westpac Banking's cash earnings increased 10 per cent to $1.84 billion in the six months ending 31 March, taking its net profit after tax up 34 per cent to $2.2 billion for the same period. Westpac reported cash earnings of $1.83 million, while its ...

Intel eyes China tech

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The investment arm of computing giant Intel has doubled the size of its newest China technology fund in a bid to cash in on the country's booming IT sector. Intel Capital said the new $535.7 million China technology fund will be invested in wireless ...

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
MTAA Super has awarded a $450 million mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to run a quantitative, tax-aware Australian equities portfolio. Maurice O'Shannassy, BlackRock managing director, said a tax-conscious portfolio could make a substantial ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Treasury boss Ken Henry's speech last week continues to attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Ventura Investment Management has added a Global Opportunities and High Growth 100 fund to its investment menu, both of which are benchmark agnostic. Both funds mirror the Russell funds by the same name. However, investors can access these funds via ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

Macq launches Property Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Macquarie Bank has developed the Macquarie Property Lever, a geared residential property product tailored for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The product allows SMSF trustees to borrow 55 per cent of the purchase price to buy a residential property ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...