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Australia to become an investment exporter: Perpetual

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
The biggest challenge facing funds managers is finding places to invest the wall of money that is flowing into Australia's already $1 trillion funds management market, said Emilio Gonzales, chief investment officer for Perpetual Investments.

OptiMix appoints Schroders to global small caps portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
Schroders Investment Management has been appointed as a manager in OptiMix Investment Management's Global Small Companies Portfolio, replacing Wellington Management.

B&B profits jump with new funds in the pipeline

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
Babcock & Brown's transformation into an 'in-house' advisory firm for its burgeoning specialist funds activities seems virtually complete, after it nearly trebled the amount of advisory fees, with new funds already in the pipeline.

Overseas direct property grows four-fold

Australian property investors spent over four times as much in overseas direct property investments last year, with growing interest in Western Europe, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Singapore CPF contribs now 34.5 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Singapore Government has raised the contribution rates for the Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) by 1.5 per cent to near its maximum limit of 36 per cent of total wages.

Vision Super goes public

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Vision Super has been granted a public offer licence and will soon be launching its new public offer Vision Superannuation Fund (VSF).

Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations.

Industry reports more soaring profits

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The wealth management industry continues to scale new heights with more strong reporting results for some of the big brands for the half year to 31 December 2006.

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
Asset Super has made wholesale changes to its investment strategy by reducing its exposure to Australian and international equities and Australian bonds in favour of a shift to global and domestic listed property trusts and international bonds.

Super funds could offer transaction banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
Super funds will have much greater scope to offer financial services and even transaction banking facilities to their retired members under the Simplified Super changes announced in last year's Budget.