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Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Alternatives are predicted to enjoy a surge of inflows over the next three years as institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds move to protect themselves against inflation. Inflation and its potential effect on institutional investing is gaining ...

AMP to manage Trio Capital super money

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... transition phase is complete. Trio superannuation funds include Astarra Superannuation Plan and Astarra Personal Pension Plan, which were being wound up on February this year following an investigation of the schemes. According to administrator of Trio ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... invested $500 million into a new internally managed environmental investment strategy; while Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Borealis have bought the UK high-speed rail link to the channel tunnel for 2.1 billion. CalPERS said that ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... looks to move in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's 12th largest pension fund according to Towers Watson, has gone live with SimCorp Dimension ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
European investors are leading the charge into Asian equities, according to Fidelity executives. "Based on money flows we have seen, Europeans are more bullish than Asians on equity markets in general," said Fidelity Australia's managing director, Gerard ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

CPPIB refines bid for Intoll

ASX RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Three weeks since the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced plans to buy Sydney-based toll road operator Intoll, the fund has come back to the table with a proposal to buy the entire issued capital of the firm. CPPIB submitted an ...

Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) moves to buy Sydney-based infrastructure group Intoll. CPPIB bid provides three options for Intoll shareholders including a cash offer equivalent of $1.53 per Intoll stapled security. The offer represents ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... already seen how scale has become a game-changer for their pension fund clients, which includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). It is among the largest pension funds in Canada with assets of $140 billion - more than treble the size of the ...