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GSJBW team heads up boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
Three ex-Goldman Sachs JB Were Aussie equities experts are joining forces in a new nabInvest-backed boutique venture, Fairview Equity Partners. Fairview is an Australian equities small caps boutique investment manager that is majority owned by its investment ...

FTSE adds more ESG indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
FTSE and KLD Research & Analytics have joined forces to provide a full suite of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices. The global index provider will collaborate with KLD to design and market the co-branded ESG indices. Peter Kinder, KLD ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... 10 per cent. Eight months on, the fund was forced to raise cash to service its private equity funding commitments. But research suggests Australian super funds are relatively safe as they have minimal exposure to the asset class compared to the US. According ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... researchers', those who like to base their investment decisions on feedback from existing customers. Mozo collaborated with research firm Roy Morgan to collate data from over 3,000 customers and these customer ratings are available on Mozo's website. ...

No pay for failure: ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... the termination is a consequence of poor and inadequate performance," noted the ACSI statement. ACSI recently released research surrounding CEO pay in the top 100 Australian listed companies. The council engaged ISS Governance Services to conduct the ...

WW revises structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... rejigged its management structure along global lines resulting in Hugh Dougherty appointed Australian regional manager of research. The structure means Craig Baker becomes the global head of manager research and global head of hedge fund research. Martin ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... through these tough times, small to medium size mortgage funds might not be so lucky. According to data from property research group PIR, there are more than 79 pooled mortgage funds in the country. While the top 15 funds boasts at least more than $500 ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... technical definition of a recession. But in the US, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - the official arbiter of the US business cycle - 'does not define a recession in terms of two consecutive quarters ...

MLC upgrades its group insurance suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... for the long term," said Andrew Howard, MLC head of group insurance. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said the enhancements allow superannuation funds and employers to access a significant range of new features with increased ...

PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... 400 investors. The toolkit will be distributed and supported by EIRIS' local partner, the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER). Mairead Hancock, EIRIS head of client services, said it is difficult to implement the principles and the toolkit's ...