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Another HIH exec faces the music

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... Act. The collapse of HIH Insurance sent many builders and businesses into financial ruin and was one of the most high profile corporate collapses and prosecutions in Australia's history. Lo's case was transferred to the Supreme Court for mention on 6 ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... generation costs, strong operational reliability, sound risk management, low hydrology risk, and relatively strong financial profile. Ironically, these were the precise factors why the NSW Iemma Government wanted to sell SnowyHydro even though poor political ...

Malaysian EPF now unwired for SMS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Australia runs a technologically more advanced super fund system than Malaysia, right? Wrong, and it's time we caught up with what our northern neighbours are doing. Members of Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and their employers can now obtain ...

INGIM scores $500m in new mandates

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has been awarded over $500 million in local fixed income and enhanced cash mandates from a large Australian superannuation fund and a transport logistics company. INGIM chief executive officer, Grant Bailey, said the ...

BT appoints former MLIM exec as head of credit

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... with strengthening BT's broader income and yield capabilities. Debbie Alliston, BT head of investments, said the high profile addition to the business was proof that BT was committed to hiring the best staff available to underpin its business. "His background ...

JANA to manage $465 million transition for ASG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... billion in assets under management from fixed income allocations to a balanced investment strategy with a moderate risk profile and exposure to a number of asset classes. ASG managing director, Terry O'Connell, said the appointment of JANA was an important ...

Investors don't use timeframes when choosing options: FuturePlus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... astonished to find that investors seemed indifferent to the time horizon of their chosen portfolios, whether the maturity profile was one, five or even 10 years." This means, he said, timeframe is not a major discriminator between portfolios and super ...

Unlisted property is champ: Atchison

... in listed property assets are subject to the volatility of the equity market and therefore have a different risk/return profile. Increasing the level of listed property increases the volatility significantly relative to unlisted property." As for strategic ...

SSgA raises bar on absolute returns

... Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in the US is beefing up its 'absolute return strategies' with a new quant tool and three high profile hirings. Jonathan Chanis, Henri Fouda, and Todor Georgiev from Caxton Associates, Mellon Capital Management and KBC Alternative ...

MacarthurCook keeps on growing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... "No single tenant now contributes more than 10 per cent of the Trust's portfolio income and the weighted lease expiry profile will increase to in excess of five years. The geographic diversification is further enhanced, with an improved weighting in ...