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AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
AMP Capital has attracted $872 million in equity from two new international investors following plans to invest in the redevelopment of some of the country's largest shopping centres. The newly acquired equity will be invested directly in the AMP Capital ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The 2012 Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement ...

Airlie selects RBC as custodian

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Airlie Funds Management has appointed RBC Investor Services as a global custodian, it was announced today. The boutique investment house is headed by John Sevior, former head of equities at Perpetual, and former Treasury Group managing director David ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following gains on both the US and European markets at the end of last week. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was uo five points at 4,335. In economic news ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The UK's biggest five-a-side football pitch company, Goals, has accepted a buyout offer of 73.1 million pounds (A$110.3 million) from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Teachers' is acquiring Goals through its private equity arm, Teachers' Private ...

Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Canadian pension funds' aggressive appetite for Australian infrastructure assets is indicative of the failure of Australian governments to structure deals in a way suitable for local super funds. Nick Greiner, chairman of Infrastructure NSW, said yesterday ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
Australian institutional investors should not be complacent on exposure to commodities, according to investment management boutique First Quadrant, which has been researching ASX correlation. "The first thing people say to us is because of the exposure ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Global sovereign wealth fund assets jumped 16% in the past 12 months to $4.62 trillion, with private equity assets in North America attracting special interest, reveals new research. According to the alternative investments research group Preqin, 57% ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...