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Astarra reaches $1 billion milestone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... "Our biggest point of difference is not the managers we select but our investment philosophy, backed by an investment mandate with more flexibility, which gives us the best chance to execute on our risk/return objectives. "We believe it is fundamental ...

Infiniti Capital opens Sydney office

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Zealand, Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Katz' appointment comes while Infiniti Capital gained an $800 million investment mandate from an undisclosed Australian institution. The deal means the boutique asset manager increases its assets under management ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... AustralianSuper, said the option has around $75 million under management and is managed by Perpetual. He said the investment mandate is a true SRI investment strategy instead of a "best of sector" approach, which means the strategy was overweight financial ...

Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Future Fund rode the latest quarter market recovery when it gained 5.1 per cent in the three months to June, but posted a 4.2 per cent loss for the financial year (ex Telstra). The fund's Telstra shares of around two billion gained 4.9 per cent ...

Maritime awards $155m to equities managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... fund's review, through its investment consultant JANA Investment Advisers, resulted in the fund dropping its investment mandate with LSV and awarding a $70 million initial allocation to Northcape Capital. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime ...

Vision and Quadrant to co-invest

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Tasmania's $450 million Quadrant Super is pooling its investments with the $4 billion Vision Super - a move that will see the smaller fund tap bigger investment opportunities through better economies of scale. Quadrant Super, which has been in talks ...

QIC chair Rowe exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... property firm Trinity Group, which allegedly paid a success fee to a lobbying group, Enhance Corporate, for an investment mandate provided by a superannuation fund to Trinity. Enhance Corporate, which is part-owned by Rowe, was reported in a newspaper ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
UK pension funds and fund managers risk falling foul of their regulators if they don't "mandate" the companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance ...

NZ Super takes mandates in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is dropping investment mandates with ING and Smartshares and taking them in-house. The fund announced the changes to improve flexibility, cut costs and is part of the fund's focus on having direct participation in ...

Tasplan signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.2 billion Tasplan has become the first Tasmanian superannuation fund to become a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "The Board recognise the importance of considering environmental, social and governance ...