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Funds SA puts faith in property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... attitude from super funds. "Increasingly, savvy investors such as Funds SA recognise the return enhancement and diversification benefits of global unlisted property and need access to experienced managers that can identify and effectively underwrite ...

ASIC to tighten debenture regulations

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... liquidity; minimum loan-to-valuation ratios; revised property valuation standards and improved disclosure on portfolio diversification, related party transactions and rollovers. One of the major reasons for the benchmarks, according to the paper was ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... local councils, Grange Securities sold much of its Federation CDO product to councils, offering a higher yielding diversification from corporate and bank credit. In fairness to the councils' investment officers, like most complex CDOs, the Federation ...

US securitisation provisions cost Mariner Bridge

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... comprising aviation and shipping, with some small ticket leasing. McGregor said the investment portfolio does not lack diversification due to the strong leasing focus, as within each of the leasing sectors there are multiple transactions, "So we would ...

UK alternative weightings quadruple

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... equities and bonds," said Simon Latham, managing director at ING Real Estate Investment Management. The focus on diversification is also pushing alternative assets into the radar screens of pension funds, said Latham. The survey found allocations to ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... councils and has raised $50 million through its Federation collateralised debt obligation (CDO), which offered diversification from corporate and bank credit. Offering a fixed-term return of 7.6 per cent per year, around half was sold to local councils. ...

Mellon wins $17.5m MFS mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... Bank of New York Mellon and believe this strategy will be an important contributor to the overall performance and diversification of the fixed interest sector of the Premium Income Fund."

SELECT absolute return fund gets rating tick from Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... from its current $20 million size, exposure to unlisted private equity will be limited and poses some initial diversification and redemption risk for investors. On a 'look through' basis SPEP is well diversified by geographic region," he said. Smythe ...

Intech courts alternatives

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... working to introduce more alternative investment strategies, uncorrelated with existing strategies, to improve diversification for investors. "The enhancement of existing strategies is designed to improve investor returns, while also better managing ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Private equity is about high long-term returns but its ability to add diversification to a portfolio is limited, according to a recent Watson Wyatt report. The Watson Wyatt Private Equity Explained report said that private equity as an asset class ...