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PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... funds under management (FUM) up 36 per cent to $30 billion - but with the higher FUM comes the onus to better navigate sovereign risk. Peter Dorrian, PIMCO's head of global wealth management in Australia, said last year was a record year for the group ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... yesterday. The results? Refreshingly honest. The heads of four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign Investment Research - braved the limelight at the CMSF to answer questions in the minds of many trustees: are they worth ...

NZ Super returns 17pc

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... per cent for the financial year to date at the end of February this year - a $2.3 billion net gain. According to the sovereign wealth fund's February performance update, it has returned just over 6 per cent since inception and 188 basis points in February ...

Hall charts new value investing model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... new investment landscape where fund managers must recognise a number of emerging trends such as demographic changes, sovereign debt and environmental costs and how this will impact companies and stock prices. As a result, Hall also said investors need ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... portfolio overview, outlines its investment strategy and details its relationship with the government. In addition, the sovereign wealth fund (SWF) has also relaunched its website to provide extra information and better functionality. The SWF's role ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... speculators. The European Union is now in discussions to ban "purely speculative naked sales on credit default swaps of sovereign debt." Ahhh yes, specyulators -- the fall guys for Greece's crisis. And Portugal's...and Spain's...and... But it won't have ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The sovereign wealth fund transparency index has found that Australia's $66 billion Future Fund is slightly less transparent than SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Azerbaijan. The SWF Institute has developed the Linaburg-Maduell ...

Mercer restructures MM portfolio ahead of inflation threat

MERCER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... among the underlying managers of the Mercer Australian Inflation Linked Bond Fund and, separately, the Mercer Overseas Sovereign Bond Fund (alongside Amudi, formerly known as Credit Agricole Asset Management). Meanwhile, BlackRock is the new manager ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... will invest in emerging market debt, and PIMCO will run a mandate that will tactically rotate between emerging market sovereign debt and high yield credit. Russell expects global strategic yield to deliver compelling yield-driven returns in 2010 as default ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Excluding defense and aircraft, orders fell by 2.9 per cent. And then there's the renewed flare-up in Greek fears and sovereign debt ratings and problems in Europe. Don't tell me that all was well in Europe yesterday when Wall Street jumped! But has ...