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IFM appoints new private equity executive director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... at Melbourne-based private investment and advisory firm Wingate Group and was co-founder and managing director of South African independent private equity firm Horizon Equity Partners before that. Judith Smith who heads up IFM's private equity division ...

HSBC invests $100m in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... and sanitation was around US$5, taking into account maintenance costs. In Latin America the figure is US$16 and in some African countries, the capital investment would be paid back within three years, the report found. HSBC is making the investment through ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... the offering," said S&P Fund Services analyst Michael Armitage. Before joining Pengana in 2004, Miller worked with South African financial services group Samlams investment banking arm Gensec. He also worked as a trader/analyst, as well as a hedge fund ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... have picked up towards the close of 2010." Here, I was correct until... the Jasmine Revolution sent Middle Eastern and African dictators quivering and oil prices soaring. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak stepped down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... cent, stronger at $32.23. Foster's Group shares were flat at $5.39 after the takeover of the brewing giant by Anglo-South African brewer SABMiller was approved by the Victorian Supreme Court. The mining sector was also flat, with Rio Tinto down nine ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... more sophisticated. "In terms of products, there's been a lot of attention for frontier markets... including aspirational African markets," he said. "As emerging markets become more mainstream, we can expect product providers to look towards frontier ...

S&P looks to Africa as investment grows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... of global equity indices, S&P Indices. The access Africa index will support tradeable products, focusing on blue chip African companies, as well as offshore firms with significant exposure to African economies. To qualify for the index, stocks must have ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... there, done that! There was news over the weekend that Libya's Qaddafi has agreed to a ceasefire plan presented by the African Union. Of course he would, as long as he still gets to sit on his throne. The Libyan rebels rejected any ceasefire that doesn't ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... White. "Nothing can be done with the funds if they are frozen... you need to be careful who your clients are." Another African country on the brink of civil war is the Ivory Coast, the world's major supplier of cocoa. In the Middle East, the US is seeking ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... prices - up 35.5 per cent since January last year. But despite the additional premium created by the Middle East and North African turmoil, demand for crude oil had been steadily increasing as a result of strengthening economic activity. And this is ...

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ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI
NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

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