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IUS partners with CUNA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Group insurance specialist IUS is partnering with the US based CUNA Mutual Group to develop more innovative insurance products for the Australian market by harnessing IUS's reach into pension funds. Phil Collins, manager of group risk for IUS Life ...

Northern Trust wins Future Fund custody

... than 100 years ago, Northern Trust is considered one of the top custodians globally and was awarded the European Pension Fund Custodian of the Year by a UK publication for the fourth consecutive year this year. Gordon McKellar, the Future Fund's head ...

Fixed income reinvented: Lehman

The fixed income sector is going through a fundamental "philosophical shift" as more investors demand absolute return-type fixed income strategies over traditional long-only products, said Jack Malvey, chief global fixed-income strategist at Lehman ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

The demand for inflation-linked bonds and their derivatives is set to rise in tandem with the growing popularity of liability driven investing (LDI) in Australia and overseas, according to experts. As the name suggests, LDI is a form of investment strategy ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... market. RBC Dexia Investor Services said domestic bonds continued to post lacklustre results. However, while the median pension fund earned 0.9 per cent for the quarter from bonds, Canadian pension plans averaged a more impressive 6.7 per cent return ...

Disclose what you invest in: ACSI

... opposed to that of the shareholders of the sponosring company. A stark example of poor governance was the case of Enron pension fund beneficiaries who lost their retirement savings after Enron executives ploughed pension fund assets back into Enron shares. ...

Overseas investors target Aussie super fund cash flows

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
Large numbers of overseas investment managers are targeting Australian super funds as they look to profit from the huge cash flows on offer, according to deputy managing director of Frontier Investment Consulting, Kristian Fok. Fok said that the Australian ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
SelectingSuper has released its one, three and five year performance rankings for super funds up to 28 February 2007, showing a fairly even balance between the segments leading the performance pack. According to the benchmark indices, the Rainmaker/SelectingSuper ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

... with around a quarter that amount at US$235 billion and then Netherland's ABP with US$226 billion. The largest US pension fund, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers), came in at number 5 with US$196 billion, versus its 2000 number ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The wave of private equity (PE) investment stirring political concerns in the UK, and to a lesser extent in the US, has prompted Australian academics to attempt a review of how PE investments should be regulated in Australia. Speaking at the Barbarians ...