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Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group statement signed by 259 global investors, with collective assets totalling over US$15 trillion, calls for stronger policies to incentivise more private capital going into sustainable investments The group statement expresses concern for "risks ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
One of the country's largest fixed interest managers raises the ante in the race to provide investors with income protection against rising inflation. After a brief period of incubation, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has opened the QIC GFI ...

Global instos see Aus deficit a "non-issue"

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
One of Australia's largest bond managers said that hysteria surrounding the federal budget position was misplaced with Australia's deficit and liabilities "marginal" compared to other countries. "There is certainly a lot of politics around the issue ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Competition is heating up among local and international pension funds to tap Australia's direct property market - but investments still abound for opportunistic insto investors, said a global real estate fund manager. Ian Mackie, LaSalle Asia Opportunity ...

Asian dark pools open to instos

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Charles River Development clients will be able to access dark pool liquidity in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia following a partnership with BlocSec. The deal will see Charles River clients use BlocSec to anonymously trade large blocks of ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
A survey of institutional investors worldwide found they expect to increase their exposure to alternative investments by 5 per cent to 19 per cent, on average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional ...

Instos switch $100bn mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... fund managers. Meanwhile, searches in global fixed income nearly quadrupled to 92 searches, from 25 in 2008, with many instos putting money into short dated credit and convertibles. Sue Wang, senior fixed income researcher, said that the same trend occured ...

ING Australia reviews ING IM mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... he said. ING Australia manages around $40 billion in funds. Meanwhile, ING IM manages $35 billion on behalf of various instos, including ING Australia. In September last year, ANZ bought ING Australia. Brentnall said the board is still working through ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Investec Global Aircraft fund (IGAF) has raised an additional $45 million from AMP Capital Investors, Health Industry Plan Superannuation fund and MCG Growth fund. The fund now has $140 million in total capital invested since it was launched in 2008. ...