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QIC taps EMs with risk control

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... diversify equity exposure and significantly increase the opportunity to create alpha for funds," Clarke said. "The stumbling blocks tend to include the impact on fees to members in the highly competitive superannuation environment as well as the governance ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... or deisel model while they also continue to pump money into the V8 Supercar series, a car racing series that explicitly blocks Toyota. Last week the Productivity Commission released a report finding that each Australian car industry job created through ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Health and Hospitals Fund. All three funds will be managed by the Future Fund Management Agency which will explode out of blocks to more than $100 billion in assets under management, propelling it to become Australia's largest institutional investor ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... Goodland, investment consultant and author of Watson Wyatt's Investing for the Future report, believes fundamental "building blocks" - including those pertaining to implementation strategies - should be put in place for pension funds looking to capitalise ...

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

... $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system. The group allows institutional investors to trade large blocks of equities directly and anonymously at a lower cost by reducing the impact of doing the trade. Since launching late last ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... remain a hard gate to open as human rights issues and un-democratic political governance models still present stumbling blocks. EMs such as China and India have made headways in regards to "environmental correction". Several countries have adopted environmentally ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
The tiny principality of Liechtenstein, famous for its status as a global tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector ...

ETFs weather one-stock shocks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... view exactly what's on the index, it makes the job of asset allocation all that more precise. They become simple building blocks that advisers can use in helping to construct portfolios that is exactly right for their clients," said Krause. "Compare ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... 139 stocks traded. Trading was worth $NZ121.88 million ($A107.19 million). In early trade, the NZ market shot out of the blocks, up 26.693 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 3,697.34.

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... Smith also singled out GSJBW's in-depth quantitative research and its application to the Australian market as the building blocks behind the mandate's appointment. "This mandate is expected to provide a solid core within our portfolio, using a robust ...