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Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The country's compulsory super will keep the investment management arms of the major banks chugging along despite the current market crisis - unlike their European and US counterparts which are under the hammer, if not already sold, as their parent ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... fund but decided against it after the 'Asian crisis' occurred. Meanwhile, Vangelisti said the definition of a 'frontier country' now is completely different to the definition more than a year ago. "The frontier countries we were talking about six months ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Russia, a market we see growing over the long term," said Igor Lojevsky, Deutsche Bank Russia chief executive and chief country officer. "The acquisition of UFG's investment banking business in 2004 was a decisive step forward in that process and today's ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Australia has more than sufficient capital and reserves to meet our obligations to policyholders." Interest in AIG's home country liquidity crisis is sparked by the mega insurer being Australia's largest super fund group insurer with major clients including ...

Sun Life appoints Goodall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong and China. "In this role, I will work in very close collaboration with the country leaders to help develop and execute strategies for expanding their business," said Goodall. Sun Life Financial provides a range ...

Malaysia boosts REITs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... The Malaysian Securities Commission has reviewed its guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to improve the country's attractiveness as a destination for REIT listings. The guidelines, which are in line with internationally accepted standards ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... diversification appears to be meaningless. This begs the question, why do institutional investors and fund managers even bother with country allocations? Note that Australia also has a strong correlation with the United Kingdom's FTSE-100 and the Eurozone's ...

Ipac revises global equities strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... forecasting approach. They consider linkages across global sectors as well the more conventional return signals within country," said Rogers. "Quantitative approaches are more appealing because of their capacity for broad and uniform coverage of the ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... these actions." With these statement, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the 'de facto'nationalisation of the country's two mortgage giants - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On 7 September 2008, Paulson announced that the US Treasury is placing ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund awards held last night highlighted 15 of the leading hedge fund managers in the country, with one awardee returning 39 per cent and another gaining as much as 265 per cent in the last 12 months. Admittedly it's been a tough ...