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JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The State Bank of India and Macquarie Group raised over $1 billion in capital to invest in Indian infrastructure projects with a goal to raise around $2 billion in additional capital over the next few years.

Long and short funds merge to ride crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The financial crisis could bridge the gap between diametrically opposed asset managers with more hedge funds merging with long-only funds to slash operational costs, predicts consultancy firm Accenture.

Commodities trading accountant jailed

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The former accountant and company secretary of the now defunct commodities trading group Bustan gets a two-and-a-half-year jail term for cooking the books.

Pinnacle to distribute Capital International

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Pinnacle Investment Management, the same firm that helped new boutique Solaris gather around $1 billion in funds last year, lands a deal to distribute US-based Capital International funds locally.

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments' international property co-portfolio manager, Boris Pialloux, has left the firm prompting S&P Fund Services to place its three-star ratings Franklin International Property Fund and Property Income Fund on hold.

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
US investors can now access a liquid and transparent hedge fund replication strategy after IndexIQ launched the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF on the New York Stock Exchange.

Nominations open for 2009 Rainmaker Marketing Awards

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS OWNED BY RAINMAKER GROUP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Rainmaker is calling on the 18,000 readers of Financial Standard to nominate people and firms they believe would be worthy winners of the 2009 Marketing Excellence Awards.

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Research consultancy group Inalytics is set to build a giant database of transition events that will help super funds compare transition managers based on fees - a comparison tool that has caught the attention of major asset consultants.

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Local investors are dipping their toes back into property market but are opting for well-diversified global property trusts instead of concentrated A-REITs.

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Emerging markets have become a hot spot for sustainable investing as fund managers with stakes in the sector boast over $428 billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures.