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Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... management initiatives, and capital structure arbitrage among others. "Most of our clients are offshore fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds or pension plans. Pengana seeded us with $2 million [but] we currently have an investor who was with us at Rubicon ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Asia Pacific sovereign bond issues, which slowed dramatically during 2007, have recovered lost ground with A$11 billion in new issues in the last six months. The rise is so strong that second quarter 2008 issues are up 43 per cent on the same time last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... unveiling a 4.5 billion pound share issue and the London Stock Exchange gaining on talk of a partnership with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,666.1 points, up 31.4 or 0.56 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,617.84 ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Leading wealth management and capital markets firm, Merrill Lynch, has appointed Fares Noujaim to global head of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), as the sector's importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Peterson Institute for International Economics for having amongst the poorest transparency and accountability of any sovereign fund in the world. Paul Costello, Future Fund Management Agency general manager however explained to a Senate inquiry last ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... centrepiece holding the Budget together is the suit of investment funds that will propel Australia to near the top of global sovereign fund league table. "Tonight I announce three new funds that will provide more than $40 billion for capital investment ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... help fund national infrastructure projects, if yet another Budget leak is to be believed. Modelled on the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Building Australia Fund (BAF) could skyrocket the government into Australia's number one investment manager. ...

BNY Mellon to double corp trust share

... Globally, BNY Mellon's corporate trust business services US$12 trillion in outstanding debt, ranging from corporate and sovereign debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and collateralised debt obligations. Corporate trust providers are appointed ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

Assets in sovereign wealth funds are set to grow to more than $18.4 trillion in 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley data, with Australia's Future Fund making the top ten list by fund size. Fears that sovereign funds could potentially overstep their ...

India's report card

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
With India eyeing starting up its own sovereign fund, it's timely to walk through the Indian economy's fundamentals. The Latest monthly economic report from the Indian Ministry of Finance said GDP growth is dipping during 2007-08 to 8.7 per cent, down ...