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Investment

Macq buys energy advisory firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Macquarie Group buys independent energy advisory firm Tristone Capital Global for $130 million in cash and shares.

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Fund managers in charge of $20 billion of mortgage trusts are rolling over between 50 and 80 per cent of the loans in their portfolios, as they try to maintain a balance between the demand of investors for liquidity and the need to maintain relationships ...

Deutsche commits to CSR

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Deutsche Bank's corporate social responsibility activities may have reached more than $140 million last year, but the firm is taking its strategy to another level in 2009.

Rwanda calls for $770m fund injection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Rwanda is on the hunt for investors to pump up to $770 million into its construction industry and reap returns from surging demand for tiles, glass, cement.

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management, AMP Capital Investors and ING Management received more than $5.5 million worth of government grants to make the firms' invested properties more sustainable.

J.P. Morgan extends link with ACC

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
J.P. Morgan has been selected to provide custodial, accounting and administration services to the Accident Compensation Corporation's (ACC) New Zealand portfolio.

Half a billion up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
More than 600,000 Australians today can have a chance at winning back a share of $564 million in unclaimed life policies, company and bank funds, according to ASIC.

Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Aviva has added exchange traded funds (ETFs) to its retirement product offerings.

CAAM eyes credit and currency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is shifting the firm's global fixed income strategy's emphasis from specific country exposure to a sector based strategy that targets credit securities and currency plays.

Karara pulls retail strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Australian equities investment boutique, Karara Capital is putting the firm's push into the local retail market on ice and focussing it efforts on gaining more institutional mandates.