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Clime added to Macquarie Wrap platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Clime Investment Management's Clime Australia Growth Value Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. The Clime Australian Value Growth Fund is an equity fund designed to provide investors consistent capital growth and a growing level of income ...

BlackRock to buy private equity business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
US investment manager BlackRock will acquire Swiss Re's European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise, Private Equity Partners. The sale of Swiss Re's US$7.5bn unit is expected to be completed by the end of Q3, according to a statement ...

Resi property portal targets planners, SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Residential property is an attractive asset class but choosing a property for a self-managed super fund (SMSF) is not as simple as choosing a property to live in or negatively gear yourself. SMSF investors need to factor in how their income and capital ...

Falling bond yields, low growth, subdued returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Yields on Australian government 10-year bonds plummeting to record lows points to investors expecting near negligible economic growth in the foreseeable future. But it could also be driven by overseas investors desperate for a safe-haven. In April this ...

Russell launches after-tax survey

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... important to have a survey that captures franking credits. These represent about 140 basis points a year in additional returns (yield) for pension fund investors, said Russell.

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... of a a,-100 billion rescue - along with Germany's concession that the ESM would not have preferred creditor status - the yield on Spanish bonds (and Italy's) has come back down. The fact that, despite the blusters, Germany conceded is a coup in itself ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Real estate allocations in European pension funds are now bordering on negligible amid a European shift away from defined benefit schemes, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Paul Trickett, head of global portfolio solutions at GSAM told a ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management. "Canadian investors are looking for stable returns in the current low yield environment and are showing a strong interest in Australia given its proximity to Asian markets and, in particular, China," ...

Super funds drive M5 infra investment deal

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... assets. Hastings Funds management is a Westpac subsidiary, which manages a range of funds invested in infrastructure and high yield debt. The project involves a 21-kilometre widening of the motorway to three lanes in each direction, and is due for completion ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... billion to save its banks. Hooray! But wait, this a,-100 bil would add to Spanish government debt. Bond markets sent the yield on its bond surging past the "request for bailout mark" of 7%. Boo! Last week, it was Greece's turn. Markets got what they ...