Traditionally active in the institutional market, $US14 billion investment firm Marvin & Palmer Associates is making a decisive move to board Australian platforms.
CARE Super looks to Liechtenstein in private equity play
The $3.5 billion industry fund CARE Super has awarded two new mandates to offshore private equity managers while increasing its infrastructure holdings.
Members of dud super funds should feel cheated: Bresnahan
For most Australian super funds, January has already erased the earnings of the financial year to date and beyond. But the members of some funds have more to gripe about than others, according to research house SuperRatings.
Ex-Colonial First Staters to launch small caps shop
Two former Colonial First State (CFS) senior portfolio managers, who left late last year, are set to resurface by March as joint owners of a new Australian small cap boutique fund.
Denis Donohue’s team scores first post-Suncorp mandate
The former Australian equities investment team at Suncorp, which defected as a group to form new fund manager Solaris Investment Management last December, has received its first investment mandate since opening for business.
US recession story is a beat-up, say economists
Ethan Harris, chief US economist at Lehman Brothers, and Andrew Pease, investment strategist at Russell, down-played talk of a US recession yesterday, stating separately that 2008 could expect to finish in positive territory.
Macquarie Wrap offers discount to funds managers
Macquarie Wrap has offered discounts to fund managers prepared to transact with it via SWIFT’s new managed fund messaging standards.
Marvin & Palmer try for Aussie retail
Traditionally active in the institutional market, $US14 billion investment firm Marvin & Palmer Associates is making a decisive move to board Australian platforms.
Denis Donohue's team scores first post-Suncorp mandate
The former Australian equities investment team at Suncorp, which defected as a group to form new fund manager Solaris Investment Management last December, has received its first investment mandate since opening for business.
Scholarship available for new FEAL-Melbourne Business School qualification
Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has partnered with Melbourne Business School to offer a new post-graduate qualification specifically designed for executives in the superannuation and financial services industry – and a scholarship covering part of the qualification is available to one fund executive.
MFS vs MFS: Americans slap trademark infringement suit on Aussies
The MFS Group has declared it will fight a trademark infringement claim filed against it in a New York court by global equities giant Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
Maragiannis is back
The former head of institutional sales at Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM), John Maragiannis, will next month take a senior distribution role after nearly a year out of the industry.
