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Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey have partnered to establish a Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA) to share research on investment managers across the globe. The Alliance is expected to expand to a maximum of six members with additional ...

EBX launches online tool to purchase endowment bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
Newly-created technology company Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) has launched today an online tool that allows financial planners and retail investors to invest in zero-coupon bonds, also known as endowment bonds. The EBX Endowment Bond is a fixed income ...

Zenith rates US-based fund as 'highly recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... track record in running specialist real estate investments for institutions, high net worth clients, family offices and endowment funds principally from the U.S. and Asia. "BIGP are specialists in the field of deep value real estate investing and while ...

Former FTSE director moves to Vanguard

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Vanguard has appointed Julie Andrews as its new head of institutional in Australia. Previously Andrews was a director for the Australian operation of FTSE, the global index provider. She will be responsible for Vanguard's institutional business and ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A survey of the world's biggest pension funds and insurance companies has uncovered a reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what ...

Insto investors confront liquidity crunch

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
Institutional investors have responded to liquidity concerns flagged by the global financial crisis by rethinking their asset allocation strategies, according to a new State Street report. The research, entitled The Asset Owners' Perspective: Evolving ...

Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... risk-adjusted returns. However, the Ernst & Young research shows that despite challenges, two-thirds of pension and endowment funds plan to maintain their current hedge fund exposure.

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... "Using 5% of assets to address mission effectively takes off the table 95% of the assets that represent the corpus or endowment of the institution. "That means we enter the mission arena with effectively one hand tied behind our back - we then should ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... that shows a 1.1% allocation to the broad 'alternatives' bucket, which contrasts with the strong-performing Harvard Endowment Fund, which has 42% and the Future Fund with 30%. "Over the same time period, Australian super has returned 5.2% per annum ...

AMP Capital Infra fund closed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... million from 30 global institutional investors, including Australian, Chinese, Japanese, US, German and UK pension and endowment funds. "Infrastructure debt investments appeal to investors because of the secured position in the capital structure and ...