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Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... an estimated 14 per cent of the consulting market. Taking their infrastructure and property management expertise to endowment funds, hospitals and sovereign wealth funds is also creating new opportunities for Frontier, which oversees 26 per cent of the ...

Russell to launch insto ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Russell Investments this year makes the leap towards providing exchange traded funds (ETFs) for institutional investors, at a time when more super funds are adopting new ways to manage their passive strategies. Russell will be channelling efforts into ...

DNR wins mandate, targets dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Queensland-based boutique manager Dalton Nicol Reid has won a $40 million mandate from an endowment fund and plans to target major platforms and dealer groups next year as part of its growth strategy. Harley Dalton, director at DNR, said the $40 million ...

Former VFMC chief joins CP2

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... team. CP2 is a global infrastructure asset management group managing investments on behalf of sovereign, pension and endowment funds in Europe, North America and Australasia. CP2's investments include holdings in Transurban Group, DRIVe, ConnectEast ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... research at Advance Investment Solutions, said investors nervous of ongoing volatility should track global pension and endowment funds' risk appetite, as they hold the key to understanding financial asset price movements. And right now, the major trend ...

Fiducian posts profits, eyes acquisitions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... attracted a majority of retail funds. The company listed a number of small wholesale mandates by notable charities, endowment funds and some high net worth individuals as under its investment manager portfolio. Fiducian Financial Services offers advisers ...

BNP Paribas hires Mallett for fixed income shop

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Capital Absolute Income fund. At Warakirri Asset Management, he advised charities and foundations on investments and endowment portfolios. Mallet worked at BT Funds Management between 1984 and 2002 where he was appointed head of global fixed interest ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

AMG buys Pantheon Ventures

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Affiliated Managers Group is paying US$775 million for Pantheon Ventures, a subsidiary of Russell Investments. AMG said in a press statement that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Pantheon for $775 million in cash, with the potential ...