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Infrastructure expert appointed to RARE fund

Listed fund manager Treasury Group has launched a new infrastructure fund called RARE (Risk Adjusted Return to Equity) and appointed a former UBS joint head of infrastructure as co-head fund manager.

Real Estate Capital Partners takes to the market

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
The newly launched Real Estate Capital Partners funds management group has just unveiled its first investment fund, the Real Estate Capital Partners Enhanced Income Fund (REIF), as well as its full management line up.

Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Despite some doomsayers predicting that the end was nigh for annuities after the May Federal Budget, Navigator has urged those with an annuity product to adopt a wait and see approach.

CSRF reappoints BNP for custody services

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has reappointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its custodian following a trustee review of security services providers, a requirement of the fund being granted a public offer license by APRA last month.

Morningstar confirms buy-out of Aspect Huntley

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
International research and ratings house Morningstar has paid $30 million to acquire Aspect Huntley, the Sydney based market research group and owner of industry publications IFA and Investor Weekly.

SRIs beat the index time and time again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Analysis by AMP Capital Investors shows that Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Index across a range of market conditions over one, three and five years.

The feeling is mutual: Aust Unity

Australian Unity will remain a mutual company after a consultation with its members found that less than a third were in favour of a demutualisation.

MacarthurCook and JF Meridian trade $32m Canberra property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
MacarthurCook Funds Management has bought into Canberra's hot commercial property market, taking on a $32 million property from JF Meridian Management Limited.

Life insurance industry no more

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
Insurance companies received $35.8 billion in premiums in 2005, but despite a surging market this is still down 2 per cent for the year.

Banks burdened by regulatory overkill

Too much regulation poses a serious health risk to banks and other finance companies around the world, according to the latest survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI).