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Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... Management's global and regional strategies to Asian based professional investors across pension funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. In addition, he will open the firm's Hong Kong office as Lazard Asset Management ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... the last survey in the wake of the sub-prime crisis. There's also growing competition from another market segment. "Sovereign wealth funds are a friend and an enemy. On one side they are a source for funding, but they're also an enemy because they're ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... issues such as terrorism, many countries have begun reviewing investments controlled by foreign countries, including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), and the role they play in advancing domestic economic growth. In February, treasurer Wayne Swan released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... than 3 per cent, posting a six-week closing high as market sentiment improved after a newspaper reported that China's sovereign wealth fund planned to buy as much as $10 billion in Japanese stocks. The Nikkei average rose 3.1 per cent or 414.11 points ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... now expected to aggressively take over companies. The sharp rise in GCC fortunes is expected to reignite Middle East's sovereign wealth funds stakes in Wall Street banks. But rather than injecting foreign capital now, there's growing concern that Gulf ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... published in the UK Guardian and repeated in the Canberra Times, the Saudi government is each year buying A$60 billion in G7 sovereign bonds while state-owned enterprises are buying stakes in companies as diverse as General Electric Plastics, HSBC bank ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... only 5 per cent of people have any retirement savings and most of this is in either government sponsored funds holding sovereign bonds or mutual funds. But where this may be specially enticing for Australian investors is in the area of alternative energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... The CAC-40 index lifted 24.34 points to 5,862.83. TOKYO - The Nikkei surged as ratings agency Moody's upgraded Japan's sovereign debt, lifting the mood for stocks in general, while shipping firms such as Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd jumped on rising freight ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... Fund, with assets equivalent to $US14.3 billion at the start of the year, still represented only 0.6 per cent of total sovereign pension funds, but expected strong movement in next year's survey, following substantial contributions from the Commonwealth ...

Sovereign MF appoints head of fin services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Property funds management group Sovereign MF has announced the appointment of ex-MFS executive Paul Turner as general manager, financial services. The appointment is designed to strengthen Sovereign's product development and distribution capabilities. ...