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Ratings first, platforms second: CAAM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia is focusing its immediate attention on garnering ratings from the top rating firms in Australia, rather than pouring resources into distributing its products via platforms. Three months ago, Richard Borysiewicz ...

Car sales put on the brakes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
Car sales, a leading indicator for retail consumption, have finally begun to slow down. According to the ABS, the April 2008 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales decreased 0.4 per cent to 89,775 compared with March. The fall continues a trend ...

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
The Federal Government's $59.6 billion Future Fund has beefed up its investment team after appointing five more senior executives. Nadine Lennie has been appointed to the role of Director, Private Markets and will work with Raphael Arndt to develop ...

Future Fund continues hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
As the $59.6 billion Future Fund's investment gathers pace, word is out the fund is looking to appoint half a dozen more to its investment team. Chief investment officer, David Neal, told the audience at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit yesterday that ...

Ray White targets instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Ray White Invest, the investment management division of the real estate giant, is repositioning itself to offer products suited for institutional investors. Ray White Invest has traditionally catered for high net worth investors and syndicates but their ...

High rates pose threat to direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... performance as a whole. "If we end up having a climate of significantly higher interest rates, then that is going to put a brake on things because that will flow through to the economy, which will ultimately flow through to pretty much all the property ...

Future Fund appoints property expert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has appointed Barry Brakey, co-founder of Pinnacle Property, to investment director of private markets specialising in property. Brakey has extensive experience in superannuation investment into property capital ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil but because their economy is heavily ...

Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
Although the reverse mortgage market grew strongly in recent years, a new Datamonitor report has shown signs that the sector is slowing down. The Reverse Mortgages in Australia and New Zealand 2007 report found reverse mortgage advances increased by ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Debt is becoming a colossal problem in Australian and we seem to be losing the battle to pay it as defaults across credit card debt, personal loans and mortgages have risen nationally by 35.5 per cent. In their latest study, based on 14million-plus ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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