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Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
China may be the darling of economic groupies, India the superpower in waiting, but realisation is growing that Indonesia may be their rocket fuel. Regional analysts have been so taken with the possibility that editorials around Asia are now spruiking ...

Frontier hires Unisuper analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting appointed former senior investment analyst at UniSuper, Brett Chatfield, as an associate consultant. Chatfield worked at UniSuper in the fund's public markets team and, prior to that position, he worked at Lonsec Securities ...

GIC reshuffles top management

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Singapore-based investment management firm GIC, which has over $100 billion in FUM, has appointed Lim Siong Guan as group president and Tony Tan as chairman of its real estate arm. Richard Hu will retire as chairman of GIC Real Estate Private Limited ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
State Street Corporation has been appointed by Rio Tinto to provide investment services for $8 billion in assets. State Street will provide Rio Tinto with custody, fund accounting, securities lending and investment analytics services for its Canadian ...

ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Bond managers may need to review their allocation to Asian debt after ING Investment Management research found the region's bonds present better value than many developed countries. Research conducted by the firm found debt issued by Asian countries ...

Mercer expands property and Aust eq

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Mercer has announced three new appointments to their Australian equities and real research departments. Clare Armstrong has been appointed to the role of senior Australian equities researcher, following 10 years at Goldman Sachs JB Were as head of managed ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

Omgeo expands derivatives tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Post-trade technology provider Omgeo increased its muscle in processing trades in derivatives after acquiring UK technology outfit Allustra and buying a derivatives portfolio reconciliation platform designed by Global Electronic Markets (GEM). The newly-acquired ...

CalPERS to suffer 2.4 pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The $246 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System is expected to post losses of 2.4 per cent for the end of this financial year, an enviable performance if compared to the average 6.4 per cent loss of local super funds. Preliminary estimates ...

FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

The US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) swooped down Wall Street after charging more than 400 individuals for mortgage-related fraud and booked two ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers with conspiracy and securities fraud. ...