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EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Equity Trustees (EQT) has signed an agreement with Martin Currie Investment Management to act as the responsible entity for the firm's global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion ...

No standards, no deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Eight out of ten UK pension funds said they would favour a hedge fund manager who has complied with the Hedge Fund Best Practice Standards, according to a KPMG survey. The survey was conducted in conjunction with the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG). ...

Eagle IT opens Sydney office

The Bank of New York Mellon subsidiary Eagle Investment Systems has selected Sydney as its Asia Pacific base. The financial services technology provider offers web-based systems for managed funds, hedge funds, brokers, insurance companies and pension ...

Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Lazard Asset Management has appointed Henry Choon as managing director in business development and marketing for Asia, excluding Japan. Choon has more than 15 years experience in Asian funds management and prior to this appointment worked at Lehman ...

Canadian pensions down again

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Canadian pension funds suffered a slump for the third consecutive quarter as deepening financial worries depressed equity markets worldwide. According to a survey by RBC Dexia Investor Services, Canadian pension funds suffered a 1.9 per cent slide in ...

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... new conditions in a sustainable fashion by passing more risks from employers to participants. These challenges for pension fund managers is also expected to see more emphasis upon liability driven investment strategies (LDI). A recent State Street survey ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... to deliver high returns. It found that interim strategy reviews - where the internal committee checks whether the pension fund is meeting its pre-defined investment objectives - will rise from 18 per cent last year to 22 per cent by end of this year ...

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Listed portfolio administration provider PrA|mium Limited is one step closer to establishing its UK business as the Financial Services Authority approved the new legal framework for Smartfund - its British adaptation of the Separately Managed Account ...

S&P hits back on CalPERS' claims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... house practiced a "dual rating system" which placed municipalities to a higher standard than corporate issuers. US pension fund giant CalPERS recently flagged the current system of dual-rating of municipal bonds as "unfair" and misleading to investors ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
As inflows into sustainable investing continue to break records, a leading consulting firm has recommended that pension funds should start drawing up detailed policies to capture the sector's returns. According to research by Lipper FERI, inflows into ...