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Reed fund not a concern: CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Reed Funds Management chief executive declared investors in its property trust should not be concerned about its ability to deliver returns after Standard & Poor's placed the fund 'on hold' due to the firm's relationship with Lehman Brothers. "[Investors ...

Grow returns with timber

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Swiss private bank Pictet is launching an investment fund that not only exposes investors to potential long term returns from the timber industry but could also aid efforts to reduce global carbon emissions. The firm's PF(LUX) - Timber Fund invests ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Deutsche Bank Asset Management purchased a 40 per cent stake in UFG Invest, the Russian investment management company of UFG Asset Management. UFG Invest is one of the top 10 asset management firms in Russia with more than $700 million in assets under ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
While the US Fed has offered to provide AIG Life $100 billion in liquidity funding, AIG's Australian customers are well insulated from any fall-out. "Acting to avert a possible financial crisis worldwide, the Federal Reserve reversed course on Tuesday ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Volatile trading continued on Wall Street overnight as investors continued to digest the implications of the Lehman Brothers' collapse on the financial system. Equities were whipsawed, first sliding on the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Australian stocks were weaker at noon after US shares went into freefall overnight following New York investment bank Lehman Brothers' backruptcy, the firesale of Merrill Lynch and continuing rumours about the stability of American Insurance Group. ...

QIC appoints ESG manager

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The $80 billion QIC has appointed Kate Grant as corporate ESG manager. Grant will be in charge of the development, implementation, measurement and reporting of QIC's environmental, social and governance integration at an organisation-wide level. "We ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The structured finance sector of the domestic debt capital market saw most activity last week, in terms of issuance and rating actions. The sector, and primarily RMBS, has made something of a comeback this month after a relatively quiet August. Issuance ...

SMSFs maintain investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A new survey revealed two thirds of self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are not changing their investment strategy despite almost half experiencing paper losses. The AMP Capital/Investment Trends 2008 SMSF Investor Report found 46 per cent of SMSFs ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A background paper on how super funds should classify assets in their diversified investment options, prepared by the Association of the Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), has recommended funds and research groups standardise how they classify assets ...