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Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Pension funds around the world are expected to pump up their $547 billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers are expected to heap an ...

Changing the face of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... finances. In fact, it is the super funds that are failing to target them properly. Changing the perception of how superannuation funds are seen - as an entity that safeguards the financial security of their young members throughout their lifecycles rather ...

ANZ Super Advantage adds four

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The $1.6 billion ANZ Super Advantage has added four new investment funds including a Vanguard and BlackRock product to its menu. Implemented in late April, ANZ Super Advantage had added the ING Global Property Securities fund, OptiMix Global Emerging ...

US church pension ramps up Asia-Pac presence

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The Church Pension fund, a US-based pension fund with $9 billion in assets, opens an office in Hong Kong as it bulks up its portfolio in Asian real estate and private equity assets. According to oversees news reports, the fund has hired Mason - who ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader at Mercer, said suspending contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund could mean the government will be forced to contribute more at a later stage. "This may well lead to future governments ...

ASIC's Cooper to lead govt review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... Investments Commission (ASIC), is leading a panel of five experts in the Federal Government's review into Australia's superannuation system. Cooper will lead the Federal Government's review into the governance, efficiency, structure and operation of ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated institutions - including banks, insurance and the superannuation industry - to establish a board remuneration committee comprising only of independent directors to help decide executive salaries. ...

AustralianSuper hires Inalytics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... review and meet with the managers," said Field. "The appointment confirms there has been a growing demand from superannuation fund, multi managers and fund managers themselves for quantitative analysis to get behind the track records and identify manager ...

Sunsuper terminates $200m Everest mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Sunsuper has axed a $200 million alternative investments mandate with Everest Financial Group following a fall in the firm's funds under management and staff numbers. Everest, which has $1.1 billion in funds under management at the end of March, said ...

Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... Development Group. According to ASIC, White "misled investors" and "acted dishonestly" by encouraging them to roll their superannuation savings into SMSFs established by the company. It was a move that let him gain access to the funds through a hidden ...