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World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... "Their product will get the local feel at the level that is as close as possible to the Australian version." According to the Irish Funds Industry Association, Irish-domiciled UCITS funds have grown to become a a,-621 billion market as of February this ...

Perennial gains intl insto mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... Perennial, said the fund manager has focused on gaining more international investors and gained an investment mandate from an Irish institution. "[Global property] was the darling asset class in 2006, the big pension funds started allocating to global ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... professional training every two years - a step some argue could be the way forward for Australian trustees. From 1 February 2010, Irish trustees are expected to undertake training at least once every two years. The e-learning system is free of charge ...

QIC wins $100m from QSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... broad global fixed income opportunity set, has delivered 13 per cent (gross) per annum since July 2005. In May 2009, a (Irish QIF) US Dollar denominated Global Fixed Interest Alpha Fund was launched for international investors. The QIC GFI Alpha Fund ...

State Street wins QIC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
State Street has won a mandate from QIC to provide investment services for the Queensland fund manager's new Irish-domiciled qualified investment fund (QIF). State Street will provide custody, fund administration and performance and analytics services ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Susan Buckley, managing director of global fixed interest at QIC. The Queensland based investment firm also established as Irish QIF structure with Carne Global and State Street Dublin has been selected as the trustee and fund administrator. The Irish ...

Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Irish pension scheme assets axed nearly a quarter of its value in 2008 - losing nearly $38 billion to December last year. According to the latest Irish Association of Pension Funds' annual asset allocation survey, the assets of pension schemes in the ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... rally in the S&P 500, a 2.5 per cent jump in the Dow and the Nasdaq soaring by 4.1 per cent. A fitting tribute when people - Irish or otherwise - celebrate this day by wearing green dress and drink green beer. Green, after all, is the colour of money ...

I have been dead wrong: Buffett

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... recognisable errors" as well that were smaller, but still substantial. Buffett said he spent US$244 million for shares of two Irish banks that appeared cheap at the time. However at year's end, Berkshire Hathaway had written these holdings down to $27 ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... overnight that it may ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance if the economic outlook deteriorates further. The Irish government was quick to deny the rumours but where there's smoke.... Elsewhere in Europe Standard & Poor's slashed ...