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Northern Trust wins Dutch pension mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Northern Trust Asset Management has won a mandate for the passive management of a EUR200m listed real estate portfolio from Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering. Wouter Jan Naborn, head of asset management for the EUR4.3bn Dutch hospitality ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
Is this what the other side looks like? 'Twas exactly a week ago today that financial markets suffered an attack of the jitters as all things dark and gloomy flashed before their eyes. You, I and Irene remember that day oh so well. The day there was ...

AustralianSuper creates Asian footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
In a bid to increase its Asian asset allocation and on-the-ground expertise, AustralianSuper has appointed Stephen Joske to the newly-created role of senior manager, Asia, where he will oversee investment strategy. In this Beijing-based role, Joske ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
"Baby what a big surprise Right before my very eyes" - Chicago Yesterday we became witnesses on how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disproved the saying that, "the majority is always right". It kept the country's official cash rate unchanged at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... bailout loans. Minutes after the opening bell on Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 42 points to 12,819. Intel led the Dow lower, dropping 1.2 per cent. The S&P 500 fell five points to 1,339. The Nasdaq composite fell 17 points to 2,888. ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
It was the summit touted as the one to end all summits. But nah! As Daryll Kerrigan in the "The Castle" would say, "tell him he's dreaming". Five Plans done, "n" to go. Last weekend's European Summit produced something - well, sort of - and the equity ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
If I'm being slack, I'll be writing only one single sentence this morning - and that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European ...

ESG adds value but in moderation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
Integrating ESG principles into portfolio management can boost returns and control risk provided it's done intelligently and is not taken to excess, finds new research from Plato Investment Management. But not getting the balance right detracts from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... leaders were close to massively increasing a rescue fund for troubled eurozone economies. Robust earnings from chip giant Intel also provided some support but a downgrade of Spain's credit rating tempered the mood. Tokyo gained 0.35 per cent, or 30.63 ...

Hunter Hall executive board changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
Hunter Hall Investment Management has moved to improve corporate governance by increasing non-executive representation on its board with the appointment of Naomi Edwards and resignations of company directors from the board. Naomi Edwards has joined ...