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AusSuper's in-house plan to save $150m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... management industry. Whether the movement catches on across the market remains to be seen, but according to Principal Global Investors chief executive Grant Forster, there is no cause for alarm. He said that the phenomenal growth of the superannuation ...

ASX launches S&P/ASX200 VIX futures

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... trade the financial markets in Australia." "Combining the premier global measure of market volatility, the VIX, with the principal Australian equity benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200, will provide Australian investors with an essential means of managing equity ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... super funds to move investment in-house is no cause for alarm for investment managers, according to Principal Global Investors chief executive Grant Forster. Forster said that while funds bringing investment in-house - such as AustralianSuper, Sunsuper ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... future borrowing, perhaps for decades, maybe forever. By the way, that might happen even if we meet all our interest and principal payments and default-yes, that is the right word-on some other obligations. Second, the global financial system would begin ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... hold off on a widely expected cut to interest rates in November. Grant Forster, chief executive of Principal Global Investors, said that the Fed's decision will put on hold the move towards short yield in fixed income. "Many people have been talking ...

DB schemes decline post-GFC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... defined benefits at the current wage, regardless of age. According to Grant Forster, chief executive of Principal Global Investors, the company that commissioned the survey, the movement away from DB has been going on for 20 years, spurred by a range ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... their exposures by investing in funds that get a portion of their earnings from overseas, according to Principal Global Investors' Simon Hedger. Hedger, a global portfolio manager for the dedicated property unit of the fund manager, Principal Real Estate ...

Henderson to grow local presence through "buy and build" approach

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Henderson Global Investors (Henderson) plans to grow its presence in Australia with a dual strategy, combining investment in locally established boutique fund managers and launching a number of its global investment strategies in the Australian market. ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) is looking at the next generation of fixed income products and has adapted its Global Credit Opportunities Fund to make it more flexible for Australian investors. "Investors are rotating out of a more traditional type ...

Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... away from sovereign debt and showing a preference for infrastructure and direct property, the annual Principal Global Investors (PGI) CREATE Report found. The ageing population and a global move by governments and corporates to get out of the "pension ...