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India markets up 18pc on election

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... herald reforms across pensions, insurance, banking and education. This news provides a welcome relief for Indian fund managers after the country's governance practices were called into question following the Satyam Computer Services scandal that rocked ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
APRA, ASIC and the RBA have released a report that identifies where major fund managers and super funds can improve in terms of how they manage OTC derivatives in the wake of the credit crisis. This month the regulators and the RBA released the findings ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... alternatives, but we're just starting to work on that now," he said. The fund previously had small allocations to hedge fund managers, although this time around the portfolio will include assets such as direct infrastructure, private capital, property ...

New chapter for DST Global Solutions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... will also be developing OTC derivatives processing solutions, a service that the local arm haven't provided before. Fund managers and other wholesale investors with a presence in China will also benefit from the group's technology developments for the ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
Fund managers may want to review investments in PetroChina, Sinopec, Petronas and the Oil and National Gas Corporation (ONGC) after Amnesty International linked the companies to providing revenue to the Sudanese government. This warning comes after ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... investment cycle matures. Besides, the fund has the advantage of less competitors in the market as international equities fund managers overseas either merge or shut down. "There's a lot less capital chasing the same set of ideas."

Avoiding the black swan

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... substantially long period of time." This core portfolio strategy is the reason why the fund was one of the first two foreign fund managers that won mandates from China's national pension fund back in late 2005 (the other was T. Rowe Price). Garvy said ...

Fee disclosure for intermediaries: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... policy that would require the disclosure of placement agents - specialist firms which act as intermediaries to match fund managers with the right products with instos looking to invest - and fees paid to those agents. "This new policy is in response ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... start of the GFC - and the firm is now seeking new wins in the Aussie institutional market. While most fund of hedge fund managers suffer from mandate freezes and increasing redemptions, Liongate has bucked the trend to report more than $1 billion in ...

Praemium scales back ops

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... Managed Account (SMA) technology. It administers over $27 billion of assets as of March this year on behalf of major fund managers, financial planners, accountants and SMSFs.