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Alaska SWF beats target return by 2pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... (SWF) returned 11.8 per cent for the financial year to record a $36 billion closing balance. Only one of the fund's asset classes posted a negative outcome. Michael Burns, chief executive at the SWF, said the investment team is especially pleased with ...

Infrastructure mandates tough for super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... final Cooper Review report stated governments should not seek to direct trustees to invest in particular assets or asset classes, unless there were prudential or regulatory reasons for the decision, regardless of how much it might seem in the national ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... keep its expertise in absolute returns and multi-manager products but will source other products across different asset classes from its sister business, Lighthouse Partners, which provides hedge fund products globally. Craig Mowll, chief executive at ...

ETFs tough to white label

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... said more dealer group aligned financial planners would likely use ETFs when the product suite expands to other asset classes including bonds. "That's going to be a big catalyst here in the local market because dealer groups will be able to provide advice ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... more flexible asset allocation ranges, enabling more fluid adjustments as potential performance variances between asset classes are taken into consideration, said chief investment officer, Jim Christensen. "It also offers some degree of flexibility to ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... line-up had produced solid results in volatile markets. "The managers that we put in, particularly across the growth asset classes, were there to take advantage of the return dispersions of stocks. They had to be good stock pickers and it has worked ...

IFM global infra assets outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... hopes the investment market will gradually understand it has a deep depth of experience across a number of other asset classes. "This is a $22 billion business, $7.5 billion is in infrastructure. I really want to improve the understanding of our business. ...

Alaskan SWF targets private equity

FUND RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... policies more transparent. "In the past we had a handful of resolutions that addressed the management of each of our asset classes and were separate from the mutual on how we invested. We also had separate board charters, as well as governance procedures ...

AMG develops Australian division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... has more than $260 billion in aggregate assets under management across 350 investment products across a range of asset classes. Nate Dalton, chief operating officer at AMG, said Australia is important to the group's strategy. "Michelle has developed ...

Maritime consolidates alternatives and ARFs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super has consolidated the Absolute Return Funds and Alternatives asset classes within its investment options lineup. According to a statement, the fund's trustee board approved the consolidation for reporting and monitoring ...