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Russell to launch insto ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Russell Investments this year makes the leap towards providing exchange traded funds (ETFs) for institutional investors, at a time when more super funds are adopting new ways to manage their passive strategies. Russell will be channelling efforts into ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
American International Group (AIG) continues on with its divestments and is selling its majority stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance Company to Taiwanese group Ruen Chen Investment Holdings. AIG agreed to offload its 97.57 per cent interest in Nan Shan ...

Aust Unity sets its sights on instos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
Australian Unity Investments is ramping up its institutional strategy this year. Martin Hession, head of property at AUI, said at a lunch last week that winning institutional mandates would be a key part of the firm's agenda this year, after having ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
New research from the US on hedge funds suggest managers with smarter risk analytics embedded within their investment approach will emerge as this year's mandate winners. In a January US survey of investor concerns, three out of four respondents want ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
After early gains, the Australian share market had fallen into negative territory by noon, dragged lower by the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 33.2 points lower, by 0.69 per cent, at 4,750.5 points, while the broader ...

ARIA boosts property sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
The $18 billion government fund ARIA is improving the sustainability of its properties as part of its efforts to mitigate the risk of climate change on the fund's portfolio. The fund said "climate change and energy, food and water security present an ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
K2 Asset Management's head of international strategy Nick Griffin believes that a maturing economic recovery will fuel earnings growth and higher international equity prices in 2011. Griffin said that equity valuations remain compelling, in both absolute ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street indices rebounding after heavy losses in Asia and Europe on China's latest economic data. On the ASX 24 at 0849 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Governments of developed countries are pouring millions of dollars into development funds to help strengthen the financial systems of developing countries in Asia. The Government of Luxembourg has committed a further a,-1.5 million ($2 million) to an ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Major international equity markets have had a rough ride in 2010 but most generally ended with positive performances. International equities, as measured by the MSCI World Index (in local currency terms), produced a 7.8 per cent gain in 2010. A summer ...