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Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Treasury Group has acquired a 20% equity stake in Singapore based multi-strategy Asian equities manager, Octis Asset Management. Treasury Group (TRG) said that it had also acquired an option to increase its stake by 10% if requirements linked to new ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... according to a Financial Times report, although a decision from the Dutch government on Thursday to allow funds to use higher interest rates for long term calculations may postpone the need for benefit cuts, which has been of prime concern. Earlier this ...

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... approximately $555 million in gross assets. Austock' Property team now will join Folkstone, and "Austock is keen to retain an interest in the property funds sector and is particularly pleased that it can do so through its ongoing investment in Folkstone," ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... commitment will come via investment in a new commercial wholesale open-ended property trust, giving APPF Commercial a 25% interest in the first two towers. After completion of the towers the super fund investments will convert to units in APPF Commercial ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... GBP 20bn from pension funds for 500 infrastructure projects, Mark Crosbie, managing partner at Antin said the lack of interest is not surprising. "What they're trying to do is get that investment into 'greenfield' new projects. "If you look at 'greenfield' ...

AMP Capital, Aberdeen score Advance mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... management business owned by Westpac's BT Financial Group. The mandates will form part of the Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend Fund, a specialised fixed interest fund that invests in Australian interest bearing securities such as Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower following interest rate cuts in Europe and China. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,156.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... were this week appointed receivers of Provident Capital by the Federal Court following Provident's $120 million fixed interest debenture fund being temporarily frozen last month. Australian Executor Trustees Limited (AET), as trustee for mortgage debenture ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... risen on Tuesday - Wednesday markets were closed for a holiday - in anticipation that the European Central Bank would cut interest rates and the Bank of England would boost stimulus efforts in bids to turn around European economic growth. The Bank of ...

Regulation biggest concern for SFOs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... magazine The Asset that in Asia SFOs are putting their own stamp on their structures. "In Asia, we are witnessing a growing interest in setting up family offices. Rather than blindly copying European and American models, many Asian families are adapting ...