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Omgeo expands derivatives tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Markets (GEM). The newly-acquired business, Allustra, enables clients to consolidate trade positions across various asset classes, including OTC derivatives. The technology also 'automates' the management of the collateral process to address associated ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... their options. ASFA developed the paper because "there is a wide disparity of views in regard to whether certain asset classes should be classified as growth or as defensive". ASFA said there were strong arguments that assets where the super fund has ...

WW opens Aus portfolio construction shop

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... our clients our implementing, it means they need to be monitored a bit more closely," he said. "It's not just the asset classes on the one hand and the managers you use on the other, it's important to know how they interact in the total portfolio sense ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... fund's positive 1.68 per cent gain last month is in keeping with the positive returns delivered by all the major asset classes tracked by the Perennial Investors Index for the period. This means that August was the first time in 11 months that these ...

NAB Group Super axes cash plus

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... retain a similar strategy to the Cash Plus strategy can do so by manually electing their exposure to the various asset classes and informing NAB Group Super of the changes. "A similar asset mix to the previous Cash Plus option could be achieved by requesting ...

Credit Suisse nabs AMF stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... aggregate assets under management of approximately $58 billion. AMF's investments are diversified across various asset classes including emerging markets, large and small cap equities, real estate, currency, timber and wealth management. The firm's capital ...

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... has fuelled a growing interest in commodities as a separate asset class as it provides a low correlation to other asset classes and high correlation to inflation. He said QIC gained exposure to commodities using futures markets. "Research has shown that ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... released 86 ETFs with 240 listings in Germany, UK, France, Italy and Switzerland. The bank's ETFs cover a range of asset classes including equity, bond, credit, currency, money market and commodity indices. Europe's ETF market represented more than $182 ...

Diversified funds on the wane?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... diversified fund managers had evolved, others had adopted a "caretaker" role rather than investing in new alternative asset classes. "Some managers have adopted 'alternatives' such as hedge funds, alpha import strategies, private equity or global resources," ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... of a new asset class to be approved by the CalPERS Board, which earlier adopted policies for the three other sub-asset classes including commodities, inflation-linked bonds, and forestland," said the fund. "Several components of our new asset class might ...