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Superannuation

Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Navigator has added 26 new funds to its investment menu across the Navigator Personal Retirement Plan and the Personal Investment Plan, with eight new additions coming from Russell Investment Group.

Stone age funds up for reforms

The Federal Government is looking into legacy products in the managed funds industry as the next area for reforms in an effort to drive more cost savings in the $221 billion sector.

Challenger buys into new UK telecoms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has announced a £63 million (A$154 million) pro rata share purchase of UK telecommunications infrastructure company Arqiva's rights issue.

AMP Capital Investors forms JV to manage intl property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AMP Capital Investors has formed a 50/50 joint venture with KG Redding & Associates to manage its global listed property assets.

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
When you hear about hedge funds, they are either heroes or villains, while a lot of myths about hedge funds leads to too much confusion among investors, said hedge fund of funds manager EACM Advisors.

Meridien and AMP Capital Investors form $1bn team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Meridien and AMP Capital Investors have joined forces to create a new retirement asset and management company, AMP Capital Meridien Lifestyle.

EQT completes its eastern-seaboard network

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Entrenching its strategy to become a fully integrated eastern-seaboard trustee and fund services, funds management and advisory group, Equity Trustees (EQT) is holding its first board meeting in Sydney after celebrating the opening of its Brisbane office ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Swelling demand for direct property, investor appetite for global assets and recognition that listed property trusts (LPTs) are an incredibly efficient vehicle will continue to drive Macquarie's burgeoning global portfolio, according to Stephen Girdis ...

New Paradigm for Opes Prime

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Opes Prime has agreed to acquire 51 per cent of investment banking firm Paradigm Capital as part its ongoing local and international expansion and diversification strategy.

Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Australian fund managers have held their course through the market turbulence of 2007, continuing to prefer international share exposures, according to the latest Russell Investment Manager Outlook survey.