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Foreign Exempt rules under review

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... eligible index companies." "This change removes a key impediment to large international listings on ASX. Australian fund managers, investment banks, brokers and ASX all have a strong interest in growing the international side of ASX-listed equities so ...

130/30 demand drops

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... believe they really have the skill to manage these funds, and that's why people are moving more towards skilled hedge fund managers," said MacDonald. According to MacDonald, both inflows and returns for the strategies have gone down and show no signs ...

NAB buys stake in Pengana

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... Pillemer remains as Pengana Capital's chief executive and the bulk of the firm will still be owned by its management, fund managers and directors. Pillemer said NAB's investment in Pengana Capital would allow the firm to "embark on the next phase of ...

Emerging market funds to be rated on sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Emerging markets (EM) fund managers may soon have to incorporate better environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies into their investments if they wish to receive a high sustainability rating from the World Bank. IFC, the private sector division ...

Hedge funds post worst Q1

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... long equity positions in natural resources, utilities and mining and credit exposure. Meanwhile, emerging market fund managers struggled during the first quarter, as these regions attempted to insulate from the global credit crisis, the report said. ...

Macq rebates $4m

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... investors during the 2007 calendar year. Macquarie Wrap head of product Doug Chang said that the firm has worked with fund managers on its investment menu to negotiate better rebates for its clients. "When fund managers deal with us and look for distribution ...

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... conditions in a sustainable fashion by passing more risks from employers to participants. These challenges for pension fund managers is also expected to see more emphasis upon liability driven investment strategies (LDI). A recent State Street survey ...

Pengana rides global resources boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... market conditions," said Pengana chief executive, Russell Pillemer. "To my knowledge, Pengana is one of the few fund managers at present which is generating positive returns for investors at a time when the traditional strategies are just not performing." ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

... financial software group Bravura has become an even juicier takeover target for IT companies, private equity and even fund managers, with Archer Capital, GBST, DSTi and Perpetual named among the likely buyers. Bravura filed a request with the ASX this ...

AMP Capital Core Infrastructure hits $100m

... where many industry funds allocate a substantial portion of their portfolios to infrastructure assets. But with fund managers like AMP Capital, mum-and-dad investors are getting access to the types of infrastructure assets that were previously only available ...