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Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... competition from their international rivals. According to an OECD report on pension fund investment in infrastructure, interest in both listed and unlisted infrastructure is on the rise among global pension funds. The report noted that pension funds ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... taxpayers only own or control a large chunk of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG. Perhaps taxpayers could give themselves interest free loans and cheaper insurance premiums seeing that they virtually own these companies? Citigroup and Bank of America are ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has called on new shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to drop the Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) February meeting - where the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to cut interest rates to an all-time low of 1 per cent - revealed that the MPC gave the BoE Governor the green light to seek authority from ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... importantly, they can tap into Paragem's business, which allows them to provide advice without potential conflicts-of-interest normally associated with planning groups that are part of bigger firms that also manufacture investment products. An additional ...

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... fee is being paid to a fund manager, as this serves to only to further align the firm's performance with the investor's interest. And while investors are aware that there are performance fees paid to their respective managers, the frequency of which ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... expensive mortgage, wait awhile and buy another property for 25 per cent, maybe even 50 per cent less and at a much lower interest rates? Likewise, the HASP's plan to reduce mortgage repayments to 31 per cent of income will only help those who are still ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... three asset classes which account for almost 60 per cent of AMP Capital's total AUM - property, infrastructure and fixed interest - struggled to beat benchmarks set before the credit crisis deepened. This meant that for investment performance, only 17 ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... has attracted more than eight international Shariah managers by offering tax incentives, among others. While Malaysia's interest in setting up as an Asian-based Sharia investment hub in competeition to Saudi Arabia may seem ambitious, analysts have reported ...

Intech fixed interest tops IC survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
Intech's implemented consulting service takes the top gong in the Australian fixed interest and international fixed interest categories, according to a December quarter survey. The latest quarterly implemented consulting survey, jointly conducted by ...