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BNP Paribas new Aust CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... asset management classes to the Australian and New Zealand markets through partnerships with major specialist investment managers. It has $18.3bn in assets under management.

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... structuring and more complex sovereign risk. Infrastructure investing among Australian superannuation funds and investment managers amounts to an estimated $100 billion, half of which is direct and half that is via pooled vehicles, according to recent ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... region mutual fund market, but China's rapid rise could change the dynamic and create new opportunities for investment managers able to tailor their distribution models. Mutual fund assets across the region amounted to an estimated US$2 trillion at end ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) rankings than the combined average scores of investment managers globally. In its fifth annual responsible investment report, CFSGAM is well positioned in the top quartile in five of the six ...

Xenophon targets super funds for greater transparency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Senator Xenophon said. While some funds provide publicly available information on major holdings, asset classes, investment managers and location of funds invested offshore, there needs to be better standards and benchmarks on the level of information ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... the fastest growing we were small super funds which climbed 2.2%, not-for-profit super (up 1.9%), specialist investment managers (up 1.8%), retail FUM (up 1.5%) and overall superannuation (1.2%). Indexing meanwhile was down 7.3% through the year to $211 ...

Retirement not an automatic trigger for defensive strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... leverage." The paper also said that an alternative approach to gaining traction for institutional funds and investment managers is for asset allocation to play a bigger role. Similar to statements from Perpetual last week, the Towers Watson paper agreed ...

OnePath changes in wake of UBS INGIM purchase

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
OnePath has appointed new investment managers and renamed a number of its investment and diversified investment funds. The UBS purchase of ING Investment Management (INGIM) last year means the ING IM name can no longer be used after March 2012. Former ...

BlackRock chief named QIC's new boss

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... work alongside McTaggart and the Board to ensure a smooth handover. QIC is one of the largest institutional investment managers in Australia, with $60.2 billion in funds under management as of December 31 2011.

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... frequent recessions. "Absolute return investing offers the potential for consistent, positive returns, providing investment managers with more scope to diversify and deliver returns from a variety of strategies. Cash, or inflation, is normally the benchmark ...