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Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Nigerian regulations on investments of pension fund assets may soon be under review with the National Pension Commission (PenCom) determined to bring them in line with the current economic realities, according to overseas reports. The review of these ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... reported so far that topped market expectations. And what follows when companies' profitability increase, increased investments of course -- investment in equipments, investment in structures, investment in staff. Employment picks up, income picks up ...

Macquarie taps forestry opportunities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... Management has opened Macquarie Forestry Investment 2010 - a project that provides retail investors access to combined investments of both trees and forestry land on which they grow. The offering will be open to investors in the lead up to 30 June. According ...

HOSTPLUS pushes into GC retail market

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... investments. The research also suggests that members prefer to use a multi-channel approach to managing their finances. "Investments of this nature are a big win for local businesses, and the council supports all efforts for leading Australian brands ...

Telstra Super seeks investment experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... alternatives professional will be responsible for managing the domestic and offshore private equity and hedge funds investments of Telstra Super. The candidate will have prior investments experience and will work as part of a small specialist team. "This ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
AustralianSuper's Australian Sustainable Shares option has posted a net return of more than 26 per cent over the six months to June, more than double the fund's Australian shares option. The super fund's six-month investment summary, which is stated ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... president - divestiture. The units being sold operate in 32 countries and manage approximately $88.7 billion of investments of institutional and retail clients across a variety of strategies, including private equity, hedge fund of funds, listed equities ...

Ex-Macquarie sales head jumps to HSBC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
HSBC Bank has appointed former Macquarie Funds Group head of retail sales Geoffrey Pidgeon as head of wholesale wealth management within its global investments business in Australia. As head of wholesale wealth management, Pidgeon will be responsible ...

RBC Dexia wins HSBC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
HSBC Bank Australia has awarded a mandate to RBC Dexia Investor Services to provide international investor services for its global investments business. HSBC Global Investments is the institutional wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia and distributes ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...