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Pengana wins $66 million in mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... underlying strategies are reviewed and revised according to prevailing market conditions and an ongoing assessment of market risk by Nick Griffiths, the fund manager and Pengana's chief investment officer. As a further risk control measure, the fund's ...

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Russell's managing director (Australia and New Zealand), said there is a need for products that address longevity and market risk, especially with the rule of thumb that 60 cents in the dollar spent in retirement actually comes from post-retirement earnings. ...

US pensions fight for trust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... shareowner voice in the capital markets and earlier identification by regulators of issues that give rise to overall market risk that threaten global markets. The last principle addresses the preservation of institutional investors' freedom to invest ...

Aladdin combines FI and eq

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... he explained. This means institutional investors can better manage their diversified portfolio and properly monitor market risk parameters. "Anyone who has an understanding of their risk profile has fared better. This information across asset classes ...

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... plans to develop products that will allow planners to take advantage of the market recovery without taking on the market risk just in case sharemarkets take a turn for the worse before they get better. The report is a result of a comprehensive survey ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... medium-term market recovery, buying exposure referenced to a broad- based index should yield market returns with diversified market risk", said Small. The fund's investments should provide 90 per cent capital protection at maturity, which is in four ...

Sub-prime boosts actuary profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... fallout had highlighted the lack of understanding in areas such as operational risk and leveraged exposure to credit or market risk. "Risk is often a key ingredient, quite deliberately taken and necessary, to deliver the profits that enterprises seek. ...

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... Pearse takes up the role of senior analyst, strategy in April. Andrew joins the fund from ANZ where he was equity market risk manager. Pearse had previously headed roles in QSuper, QIC and the Commonwealth Treasury. David George joins the fund as senior ...

S&P adds two to fund ratings team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... Ward. Napier spent time in the specialised capital group at Westpac Institutional Bank working on financial modelling, market risk analysis and research on listed and unlisted property funds. S&P's head of fund ratings, Mark Hoven, said the two new resources ...

Diversify out of Aust equities: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... manager offered genuine diversification benefits. "Good active strategies have the potential to help diversify equity market risk (beta risk), which is the predominant risk for Australian equity strategies, and divert this towards other drivers of return ...