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Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector.

Over Fifty Group ends commercial mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
Over Fifty Group has announced it is ceasing its commercial mortgage lending business and related funds management activities.

Goldman Sachs launches guaranteed financial Keystone

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
Goldman Sachs JBWere yesterday launched a trio of NAB-backed retail capital protected structured funds - the Keystone funds - aimed at investors who want access to the Asian, European and BRIC (Brazilian, Russian, India, China) markets.

Bigger teams, more products for fixed interest: S&P

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
Fixed interest managers are increasing the size of their teams and evolving their products to meet retail expectations, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P).

MacarthurCook profits off property offload

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
MacarthurCook has sold one of the North Sydney office spaces in its MacarthurCook Office Property Trust portfolio for a significant profit.

MFS retires from village portfolio

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
MFS Diversified today announced the sale of its retirement village portfolio and shares in Village Life as part of its rationalisation of non-core operations.

Equity Trustees' sunny forecast

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Equity Trustees has updated its 2006-07 full financial year forecast, with the board expecting a before-tax operating profit of nearly $12 million - almost a 66 per cent increase over last year.

AXA inflows surge on 30 June deadline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Fuelled by the impending 30 June concession deadline for one-off super contributions, AXA Asia Pacific has reported a huge 51 per cent increase in net retail inflows for the three months to the end of March.

BT Margin Lending booming

BT has recorded strong growth in its BT Margin Lending business, with total loans under administration now exceeding $4.2 billion.

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has launched a new diversified, high-yield leveraged investments product - INGIM Global Yield Maximiser.