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Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
Global institutional investors are snubbing direct infrastructure projects and fund-of-fund strategies for distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry ...

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Japanese economy may be in recession but that hasn't stopped local investors with assets allocated to astute Japan fund managers from making money, or at least preserving much of their capital, based on latest Rainmaker research. According to Rainmaker ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
An alliance of 16 institutional and asset managers representing more than $2 trillion in assets including Souls Fund Management and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a top performing Australian Equity Fund previously available to instos into the retail investor market. The Morgan Stanley Equity Fund is an actively-managed and highly concentrated fund that seeks ...

BT reaps $1.7bn in net inflows

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... a helping hand in the second half of the year, as they underwent rebalancing processes and mandate shuffles. "I think [instos are] moving away from other managers or other asset classes, particularly into equities and property. "We've seen, across the ...

Large instos to move admin in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Technology expert SimCorp predicts more multi-managers and super funds will consider taking custodial-type services in-house to gain better clarity and control of their underlying investments. Rod Dew, SimCorp sales manager, explains that with increasing ...

Instos pour $370m into Apostle fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
A number of public sector and industry super funds, multi managers and master trusts have pumped a combined $370 million into a specialist Apostle fund that aims to capitalise on the undervalued US senior bank loans market. The Apostle Loomis Sayles ...

AXA IM targets Aus instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
AXA Group's Paris-based asset management business is providing its expertise across European property, private equity, structured finance and fund of hedge funds to Australian institutions. Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) director of Australian ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Top US institutional investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's ...