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Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Super has made a large infrastructure investment, buying a stake in nine Australian hospital carparks. The rural and regional fund, which has just under $1.2 billion in funds under management, has invested through buying a 20.8% stake in International ...

nabInvest swoops for Aviva

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... global insurance group Aviva, the exit form Australian funds management is part of a strategic shift towards its Asian regional hub in Singapore. Aviva said the group intends to focus on 12 priority markets. Aviva Investors Australia had gross assets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... 0.62 per cent higher, by 11.20 points, at 1,817.44, while Shanghai was up 1.27 per cent, or 32.33 points, at 2,581.51. Regional markets took a hit on opening after Wall Street slumped -- with each of the three main indexes losing more than four per cent ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... annual returns over any 20 year period using seven risk bands ranging from very low to very high, representing cash and regional equities respectively. Super funds will be left to implement their own methodologies for measuring this risk but must publish ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... superannuation fund has 5.8% of their total assets in international fixed interest products. The largest managed funds have regional fixed interest weightings to North America of between 26% and 32%, according to the research. These funds risked having ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... form their own initiatives. "When you go offshore you confront a whole number of regulatory environments and conditions, regional passport initiatives show the government is committed to trying to provide the best framework for entry into these markets ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Street's goose last night. For the latest signs were no good. The Fed's Beige Book showed that seven of the Fed's 12 regional banks reported slower growth in June and early July with employment remaining weak in most districts. In addition, US durable ...

Mercer expands with global chief investment role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Mercer Australia's senior portfolio strategist, will become deputy chief investment officer, Asia Pacific. Howard and regional chief investment officers across the globe will report to Clarke. "There will be a transition period between the role changes ...

Bank of Melbourne relaunches with plans for 90 new branches

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Bank of Melbourne, as Westpac rebrands its St George group and embarks on an expansion drive to capture the Victorian regional market. Scott Tanner, chief executive, said the bank today opened three new branches with plans for another 90 through Victoria. ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... means a CIO of an institution in Australia gets much more involved in the top down strategy decisions, said Chris Smith, regional product head, alternative investments, HSBC. "They would be driving governance requirements, liquidity transparency requirements ...