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Unlisted infrastructure funds post mixed results

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... total funds now available to investors. While some results were subdued for Q3, it was not all grim with 11 infrastructure funds reaching an interim close, gaining an aggregate $3.5 billion to date, according to researcher Prequin. Altogether there are ...

Money moves from listed managed investments to ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... show. The ASX listed managed investments (LMI) monthly update for July showed listed investment companies, infrastructure funds and absolute return funds were the big losers with capital flowing out. Listed absolute return funds suffered a 19.1% reduction ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... there, the capital is there, we just need to see the deals." IFM has around $9.5 billion split between two infrastructure funds. "To make a portfolio contribution, a good acquisition would be somewhere around 15% of the fund," said Himbury. "That's around ...

ETFs report wafer thin trading volumes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... show that Australia's 48 ETFs are only generating 732 trades per day, or just 15 per ETF. By comparison, infrastructure funds generated 691 trades per day per fund and A-REITS 526 per trust per day, though Listed Investment Companies generated just 15 ...

Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
Global infrastructure funds managed by Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) and RARE Infrastructure have increased their teams on the back of fresh mandate wins. Colonial First State Global Asset Management's global listed infrastructure ...

Grant Samuel hires IML head of retail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... Investment, which manages $1.2 billion across their different strategies. GSFM also represents Grant Samuel Infrastructure Funds Management (GSIFM), which invests in long-term infrastructure assets, in the institutional market.

Global instos flock to Asian infrastructure

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Management's Asian Infrastructure & Related Resources Opportunity fund, one of the largest dedicated Asian infrastructure funds in the world, has closed with over $900 million from institutional investors including Australia. The fund targets a range ...

AMP signs MOU with China Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... October 2006. China Life Asset Management Company also sources infrastructure opportunities for AMP's Asian infrastructure funds. AMP Capital currently offers investments in a range of asset classes including property, infrastructure, equities and fixed ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... and/or higher-return value-added strategies, similar to private equity. This is preferred to high-fee core infrastructure funds that currently dominate the sector. Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction and diversity at Watson Wyatt in Australia ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... management as highlighted by the difference in returns across the sector. The research firm said global listed infrastructure funds could provide a good opportunity for investors to get back into equities given the UBS 50/50 Global Infrastructure and ...