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SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
State Super Financial Services has made a decisive move into emerging markets by carving out 10 per cent of its global equities allocation and transferring it into emerging markets strategies. Oscar Fabian, chief investment officer and general manager ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... investors well-placed to capture the growth of the Asian region if the world is, as some experts predict, entering the Asian Century? Not quite. Based on academic research published this week, asset allocation into Asian markets in the next two to five ...

Former AIG asset management renames

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... PineBridge Investments, said launching the brand is an important milestone to becoming an independent business. Pacific Century Group, an Asian private investment group that was founded in 1993, financially backs PineBridge Investments. PineBridge Investments ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... and Nick Langdon managing a number of key accounts. He said Zurich is also working with global growth manager, American Century, to develop a product next year. "We'll be doing some initial research and meetings with in early December and then looking ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... Walt Whitman wrote this poem after US President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on 14 April 1865. Nearly one and half century later, RBA Governor Glen Stevens could have used the same words when he and his Board decided to go back to normality. Setting ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Australia's central bank declared, 'no mas!' 'No mas' need for keeping interest rates at the emergency level and half a century low of 3 per cent. Glen Stevens, the RBA's head honcho, explained that the Board decided to add 25 basis points after the ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
AIG has sold its external fund management business for $587 million to Pacific Century Group - a Hong Kong-based private investment firm run by billionaire Richard Li. AIG said in a press statement that it would sell a portion of its investment advisory ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... with Mercer, the firm's investment consultant, which occurs every three years. Kansas City-based fund manager, American Century, joins Lazard Asset Management as a fund manager in the international shares allocation. The fund has also increased its weighting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Sunday, with voter surveys suggesting Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling party is likely to be swept from power after half a century of almost unbroken rule. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 165.74 points, or 1.56 per cent, to 10,473.97. HONG KONG - ...

RIAA hires ESG manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... investment communities adopt responsible investment practices in light of the challenges and expectations of the 21st century," said Louise O'Halloran, executive director at RIAA. "We are confident Katie's experience and connections within the international ...