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Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Investing's equity management support track record also legitimises BlackRock's expansion into the sector. "It will speed our plans by two or three years." The acquisition also allows BlackRock and Impact Investing to better service global pension funds ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... drop in the previous month. This is premised on indications showing an easing in house sales activity as buyers reconsider plans for home purchases due to rising mortgage rates and elevated petrol and food prices.

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... retirement savings where consumers understand that its is not a guarantee of what they will actually retire with," he said. ASIC plans to develop a specific proposal once it receives feedback from the super fund industry and its members, which are due ...

Hedge funds turn insto

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... According to international strategy consultancy Celent, large hedge funds are undergoing institutionalisation as US pension plans and endowment funds demand players display vigorous operation capabilities to satisfy demanding due diligence requirements. ...

PSS deploys Acurity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... currently administering accounts for over 1.5 million members. Pillar manage complex defined benefit schemes, accumulation plans, retirement income streams and eligible rollover accounts, in both the public and private sectors.

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... demonstrate their investment methodology to clients is going to be exported in a big way after US giant BlackRock flagged plans to buy IT outfit Impact Investing. The deal is significant not only because it vindicates investor demand for fund managers ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... JPMorgan Asset Management's Next Generation Alternative Investing surveyed 191 US endowments and foundations, corporate plans and public funds and found a strong desire for the asset class. Those surveyed represent more than $1.2 trillion in assets under ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... chaired the passage of the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) Bill 20 years ago is back in the limelight, this time with ambitious plans to dismantle the country's jerry-built superannuation system and replace it with a cheaper and more member-friendly model. ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Total Return, which tracks the performance of the most liquid carbon credits associated with world's greenhouse gas trading plans. The index comprises of two plans, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development ...

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... paid what now looks like a fortune for nothing more than an option to buy shares in the company. Now Challenger is making plans to give some of it back, by buying its own shares at drastically lower prices. Challenger said it would launch a share buyback. ...