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China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... These were, in turn, used to acquire approximately US$200 billion of China's foreign exchange reserves and formed the foundation of its registered capital. The fund is wholly state-owned under the Company Law of the People's Republic of China and headquartered ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... far, the fund has donated $200,000 to SVA, which divides the sum across a number of charities including the Beacon Foundation and Youngcare. But the fund has suffered from an overall fall in investor sentiment as many retail and institutional investors ...

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 ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The month of May was always going to be an iffy one. Much ink has been spilt on research proving that the adage, 'sell in May, then go away', has a ring of truth. Well...now here we are, May's gone and those that went away regret that they did not decide ...

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... and individuals support the program including community organisations MS Research Australia, Youth Insearch, Inspire Foundation and Family Relationship Services Australia. Among the insurers throwing their weight behind the campaign are AIG Life, Macquarie ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... institutional investor returns were off by approximately 25 per cent for the median corporate, public and endowment/foundation fund. Meanwhile new figures from Northern Trust note that U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors recorded a sixth straight ...

Fiji Reserve Bank imposes credit controls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... imports, according to a Lowy Institute report released yesterday. Jenny Hayward Jones, Program Director of the Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute said the new restrictions on commercial banking in Fiji were made in the best interest ...

China caps executive pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... state-owned enterprises (SOEs) was of no exception," Tang Min, deputy secretary general of the China Development Research Foundation told the ChinaView news service. The salary restrictions are an important development because SOEs have become all important ...

HOSTPLUS sponsors Gold Coast AFL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
HOSTPLUS has stepped up its campaign targeting Queenslanders, signing a five -year foundation sponsorship deal with the new AFL Gold Coast Football Club. This is the second elite level football team sponsored by HOSTPLUS which is a major backer of the ...

Joy Palmer Foundation established to promote ESG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
Statewide Super has established a foundation in honour of former trustee and chairperson Joy Palmer that will support young people within the superannuation industry interested in promoting sustainability and governance. Joy Palmer was a well-known ...