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Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Private equity was being promoted yesterday as the major alternative source of returns for fund managers with the promise of returns as high as 31 per cent year on year over 20 years. According to founder and executive chairman of CHAMP Private Equity ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Research just released by the US-based Investment Companies Institute (ICI) reveals that investors in the US and Australia seem to be struggling with the same information frustrations. The findings from the research, conducted in February 2006 from ...

ACSI praised for corporate governance campaign

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
The Australian Council for Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has been praised for its work in the area of corporate governance and president Michael O'Sullivan has been elected to the board of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). ACSI ...

MTAA Super launches its own pension products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
... MTAA Super wanted to make their unique investment philosophy available in their pension products. According to the pension fund's just released PDS, the growth options will a have 70 per allocation to property, infrastructure and private equity, which ...

Don't drink coffee, make more than $160,000

... their daily caffeine fix or Friday night drinks. An even smaller 6 per cent would give up their ciggies for a fatter pension fund. "Although we found that most Australians had a great attitude towards saving for their retirement in theory, 27.4 per cent ...

UN signs up $6 trillion to responsible investing

... line and its share price," said Gardener. Knut N Kjaer, executive director of the $330 billion Norwegian Government Pension Fund, agreed that paying more than just lip service to responsible investing has its financial rewards. "We manage assets for ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
US fiduciary wealth has surpassed individual wealth, presenting new opportunities for pension funds and other managed funds to leverage the weight of money to achieve corporate and social change. Speaking at the CMSF conference yesterday, William Greider ...

DB, healthcare costs blow out US valuations: AXA Rosenburg

... in the US in contrast to Australia, this is particularly an issue when analysing global portfolios. Ricks said how pension fund liabilities are treated is also a big factor. According to AXA Rosenburg, only 10 per cent of US corporate defined benefit ...

New hedge fund managers need the right skills: AIMA

The country's $22 billion hedge funds industry will continue to grow at phenomenal rates, but the challenge is to ensure new hedge fund managers have the right skills, said the Alternative Investment Management Association's (AIMA) chairman Kim Ivey. ...

Local and global equities fuel returns: SelectingSuper

Superannuation and allocated pension fund members' returns have risen in the year ended January 2006 thanks to the strength of the local equities market and the rebound of international equities. According to the latest SelectingSuper performance index ...