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SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... initiatives, and capital structure arbitrage among others. "Most of our clients are offshore fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds or pension plans. Pengana seeded us with $2 million [but] we currently have an investor who was with us at Rubicon to invest ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... wealth management and capital markets firm, Merrill Lynch, has appointed Fares Noujaim to global head of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), as the sector's importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business in the Middle ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

Assets in sovereign wealth funds are set to grow to more than $18.4 trillion in 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley data, with Australia's Future Fund making the top ten list by fund size. Fears that sovereign funds could potentially overstep their ...

Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... global and regional strategies to Asian based professional investors across pension funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. In addition, he will open the firm's Hong Kong office as Lazard Asset Management expands its ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... survey in the wake of the sub-prime crisis. There's also growing competition from another market segment. "Sovereign wealth funds are a friend and an enemy. On one side they are a source for funding, but they're also an enemy because they're a competitor ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... as terrorism, many countries have begun reviewing investments controlled by foreign countries, including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), and the role they play in advancing domestic economic growth. In February, treasurer Wayne Swan released a set of ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... aggressively take over companies. The sharp rise in GCC fortunes is expected to reignite Middle East's sovereign wealth funds stakes in Wall Street banks. But rather than injecting foreign capital now, there's growing concern that Gulf money will stay ...