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ING Real Estate Healthcare in merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... group will provide [ING's Real Estate Healthcare fund's] existing portfolio with further tenant and geographic diversification," he said. The due diligence and exclusivity period will extend till 7 July 2010. Wentworth said the firm had hired Macquarie ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Self-managed superannuation funds also commonly use the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF as a core investment to hold broad diversification to Australian equities and still receive all the dividends and franking credits of the underlying stocks.

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... sophisticated, Simon Eagleton, business leader for Mercer's Investment Consulting business for Asia Pacific, predicts diversification remains key to funds' long-term performance. "We certainly predict increased allocations to alternatives, [and] we've ...

Western Asset seeks ops in volatile markets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... fundamentals and under-researched sectors offered value for early adopters. "We see strongly improved portfolio diversification potential as well as high-yielding opportunities as the world enters a new growth cycle," Kirkham said. "Despite the troubles ...

MLC cuts Wellington and appoints Carnegie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... the size of its client base," said Duncan. MLC made the changes to its global equities strategy to "increase the diversification of quality managers outside the US and reduce the strategy's reliance on any single manager". Following Carnegie's appointment ...

RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... have offices around the globe and offer systematically managed alternative investment funds designed to provide diversification benefits to nearly any portfolio. Equally owned by RBC and Dexia, RBC Dexia Investor Services ranks among the world's top ...

IOOF adds ETFs to Pursuit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... addition on Pursuit," said Nick Everingham, IOOF head of product. "ETFs are just another way for advisers to provide diversification in a client's portfolio in a cost-efficient manner. "Advisers and their clients will be able to access the underlying ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... after it increased full year profit by 21 per cent, benefitting from improved market conditions and increased diversification. Among the major banks, Westpac was up 35 cents at $27.35, ANZ climbed five cents to $24.25, National Australia Bank rose 22 ...

Don't put all eggs in China basket: Gonzalez

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... external speech since being appointed to lead BT IM, Gonzalez said while he believes in China's growth story, diversification is essential. "I worry that as more Australians buy the China story, and it is a real one, there's a risk we could be multiplying ...

UniSuper reviews illiquidity risk

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... risk, the fund has also been reviewing the risk management around its $9 billion defined benefit portfolio and diversification strategies, said Pearce.