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Schroders wins business from super portfolio review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... seeing a lot about the ways we approach asset allocation be it within fixed income portfolios - the allocation between sovereign versus credit or broader diversified portfolios," he said. This is translating into more business for the fund manager across ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... if stimulus withdrawal is even stopped/reversed at the mere hint of a negative economic response. What about rising sovereign credit risk due to ballooning deficits? Clawing back the deficit this early risks a renewed economic slump that would send unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... still by momentum developed late on Monday by the Abu Dhabi government's pledge to finance part of Dubai's troubled sovereign investment arm. Woodside Petroleum's $2.5 billion capital raising and the increased bid from AMP and France's AXA SA for AXA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... prompted by news of the Abu Dhabi government's $US10 billion ($A10.98 billion) financing pledge for part of Dubai's sovereign investment arm. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended up 18.8 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 4,654, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... in early discussions and any proposal has to have the support of the Transurban board, wrote the paper. Despite the sovereign fund's likely involvement, Transurban released a statement hours later stating that nothing has occurred subsequent to the rejection ...

Wellington and Omega win ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... GFI portfolio," said Calligeris. Omega Global Investors was appointed to manage a mandate for index-enhanced global sovereign bonds. The inclusion of Omega, as passive managers, will assist in reducing portfolio volatility.

BTIM adds to multi strategies team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... years at Aviva Investors in London, where he was responsible for the management of the global bond portfolios within the sovereign team. He was also the lead fund manager globally for all Aviva Investors Global Aggregate Bond Funds and worked on the ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... we thought Dubai's Desert Storm was just a one-off, we're now confronted with the shock and awe at more warnings over sovereign credit ratings. Remember the one? Towards the close of November Dubai World dropped a bombshell by announcing that it intends ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund has a small investment team compared to other sovereign wealth funds but will be looking to increase its internal resources as it looks for more assets in property and infrastructure. ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona Agriculture, said increasing mandates and interest from pension and sovereign wealth funds into agriculture investments have been one of the key reasons behind the merger between Carthona and Rural Management ...