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Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Gen-Y investors expect double-digit returns despite the fact that, on average, they hold a third of their investments in cash and are highly risk-averse, research shows. The RaboPlus sponsored data compiled by Celsius Research surveyed investors with ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
If you think the GFC had pushed pension funds away from defined benefit plans, think again - more than 70 per cent of fund executives have no intention of changing their DB plan structures. A new survey by Towers Perrin and SCO noted that while the ...

J.P. Morgan grants $1.3 bn HFoF mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan selected Arden Asset Management to manage a $1.3 billion proprietary hedge fund of funds portfolio for the investment bank. The deal means J.P. Morgan will seed seven of the hedge fund manager's funds and invest in Arden Asset Management's ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
"Get them before they get you" is the latest mantra behind risk management technology, and Progress is putting that at the heart of its Apama software to instigate faster and better risk management. Progress, which counts the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Insurance and finance cos hedge against risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
More than 30 per cent of insurance and finance companies are looking to boost their information technology systems to better manage risk, notes a new KPMG survey. Out of 315 respondents across the globe, 35 per cent say they would invest in information ...

Mercer wins NGS Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
The $2.6 billion industry super fund NGS Super has appointed Mercer as its administrator and financial advice provider to its members. Mercer announced yesterday its appointment to oversee the non-Government schools industry fund's member services ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Nine out of ten major super funds have changed or plan to review their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of ...

Aladdin combines FI and eq

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The next decade will see a consolidation of investment management information systems, leading to toolsets capable of dealing with all asset classes, a prime example of which is BlackRock's Aladdin fixed interest platform. Nigel Allfrey, managing director ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

ITG comes to trader's aid

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
Investment Technology Group (ITG) is giving Australian traders the ability to better manage stock positions in highly volatile markets cost effectively with the launch of its Flexible Participation Algorithm. Traders can set the algorithm to buy and ...