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Costello to leave Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Paul Costello, the first ever employee of the Future Fund and general manager since its inception in 2006, is set to leave Australia's largest investment fund for pastures new, it was revealed late yesterday. "I am proud to have led the agency through ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
The securities lending market has largely recovered after freezing up during the GFC, an industry official says. During the financial crisis, a number super funds curtailed or even cancelled their securities lending programs as an intense debate over ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Not content with dominating financial services, Singapore is emerging as the cloud-computing hub for the Asia Pacific region, according to new research. Cloud computing enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Fidelity Australia nearly doubled its FUM over the past year, off the back of the strong performance of its Australian Equity Fund and other products. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 2010, Fidelity's domestically sourced FUM ...

AMP buys $80m social infra fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
AMP Capital Investors has announced the acquisition of the RBS Social Infrastructure Trust, an Australian public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure fund with an $80 million portfolio of assets. The fund will be renamed the AMP Capital Community ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Camden-based fund manager Titanium Asset Management said S&P fund services' research on one of the group's funds contain "major inaccuracies", and has requested S&P to withdraw its 'sell' rating on it. S&P Fund services assigned a "sell" rating on the ...

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 ...

Man introduces daily liquidity for flagship fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Man Investments Australia switches from weekly to daily liquidity for its Man AHL Alpha (AUD) product, addressing a major priority for investors post GFC - the ability to redeem and access funds. The Man AHL Alpha (AUD) fund is a unit trust that invests ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... to the election with a detailed policy, but it will be interesting to see whether they take that to the parliament," said John Brodgen, chief executive of the Financial Services Council (FSC). "Clearly across a number of areas they will be reviewing ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Fifteen of the world's top 300 pension and sovereign wealth funds are domiciled in Australia, according to a new report. That represents an increase of three on last year, with Super SA, GESB, and Telstra Super joining the global elite. The Future Fund ...