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NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has made its second investment in natural catastrophe reinsurance, appointing London-based Leadenhall Capital Partners to manage a US$275 million mandate. The new mandate is focused on natural catastrophe reinsurance ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... economy have surged this week, a change from earlier in the year when investors favored dividend-rich stocks like utilities. LONDON - European stock markets rose despite plunging Japanese stocks, as traders digested US growth data and signs of improved ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... return fixed income strategies, according to GAM head of structured investments Rossen Djounov. Visiting Australia from London to promote the GAM Fixed Income Absolute Return (AU) strategy to institutional investors, Djounov said funds with a 'cash-plus' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... cent. Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global Capital said higher US bond yields have also sapped the equity market of momentum. LONDON - European stock markets retreated as investors reacted to a flood of global economic data that highlighted weak growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... that the Federal Reserve won't immediately end its bond-buying program and relief that Japan's stock market rose Tuesday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rebounded to close markedly higher, boosted by better-than-expected US data and what market ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... world to suggest that the scheme could benefit from a smaller number of optimal funds," he told the Financial Times. The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) is among those urging ministers to move towards pooled funds which could make major savings ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... fall on Tuesday. At 0755 AEST the June share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 4,938. Wall Street and London markets were closed overnight for holidays. In company news on Tuesday, OZ Minerals holds its annual general meeting in Melbourne. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... goods orders in April. Orders gained 3.3 per cent, led by the volatile aircraft sector, after March's 5.9 per cent drop. LONDON - European stock markets took a modest slide following sharp losses suffered the previous day, failing to score gains despite ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
"Bye, bye miss American pie..." and pastries from Japan and China. Equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... 1,650.51, off 4.84 (0.29 per cent). The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index ended 3.88 points lower (0.11 per cent) at 3,459.42. LONDON - European stock markets slumped, with most indices dropping more than 2.0 per cent with Tokyo shares plunging owing ...