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Australia is Asia's biggest investment market

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... positioning as we progress through the century. Now overlay our world leadership in securitisation, property management and pension fund reform (hardly a country around the world is not mimicking us at least in some way), and you can see why so many ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The Australian dollar was marginally weaker at noon after a mid-morning rally on the back of renewed demand for the currency out of Japan. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.8394/99, down from yesterday's close of 0.8396/02. During ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... next year's survey, following substantial contributions from the Commonwealth government. The Japanese sovereign pension fund remained the largest fund, with US$937 billion, representing 9.0 per cent of total assets under management of the world's largest ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Improved governance, risk management and alignment of interests, not investment beliefs, scale and efficient implementation, are key to significantly improving investor returns, according to FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson. Referring ...

UK alternative weightings quadruple

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... has, perhaps more than at any other time in recent history, now established itself as the third asset class amongst pension fund investors, offering diversity to complement both equities and bonds," said Simon Latham, managing director at ING Real Estate ...

More money on money

The continuing globalisation of investments is driving more pension funds to adopt savvier currency strategies, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). SSgA has enjoyed a more than doubling of its currency assets globally to $115 billion (US$100 ...

No special rules needed for PE: FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... but introduce no special rules. The UK inquiry was called after a wave of private equity investments, fuelled by pension fund trustees looking to diversify their portfolios, started sweeping the market and upsetting sometimes conservative stakeholders. ...

MLC builds flexibility into MasterKey

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
In line with the new pension income rules, MLC has unveiled MLC MasterKey Pension, an integrated and flexible vehicle which delivers cost saving through account consolidation. MLC has structured two version of the product - MLC MasterKey Pension, which ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has told Bloomberg they reject calls that additional taxation be imposed on its members just because they are private investors who use leverage. The rebuff follows reports that the British Trades Union ...