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Kiwibank and AMP join forces

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Kiwibank announced yesterday that it would take over the management of AMP-originated loans in New Zealand and develop an ongoing home loan venture with the Australian financial services group.

Dig deeper to find value in hedge funds: Permal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
Hedge funds and their returns should not be a mystery, according to fund of hedge funds (FOHF) specialist Permal Group, even if the hedge fund moniker is now so widely bandied around it is next to useless.

AFS reflects on a good year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
On the back of a year which saw Australian Financial Services (AFS) return to being 100 per cent adviser owned, the dealer group announced it had also achieved 40 per cent growth in profitability and finished the year with 21 additional practices.

Vision Super eyes shopping sprees in China

Vision Super plans to cash in on China's economic growth by awarding a $38.5 million property mandate to the Macquarie Wanda Real Estate Fund, an investment vehicle focusing on Chinese shopping centres.

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs.

Two-thirds of RMBS bonds going to overseas investors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
More than two-thirds of the $5.9 billion of mortgage backed securities the Commonwealth Bank plans to issue in the next couple of weeks will go into the portfolios of offshore investors.

CommInsure ranked first in group risk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
CommInsure has been ranked first in group risk in Plan For Life's latest data on the back of continued support from its top clients.

Share option pay deals for US directors reducing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
A survey of US board directors' pay levels by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has found there is a significant downward trend in directors' long-term compensation packages structured through stock options in favour of deferred stock awards.

JPMorgan banks on alternative energy returns

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
JP Morgan has launched what it says is the first Australian retail structured product giving investors exposure to a diversified portfolio of global alternative energy assets with principal protection.