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Shared equity property posts 21pc growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Rismark International's residential property shared equity portfolio's mark to market value is 21 per cent higher than when it opened in March 2007. The firm's "mature portfolio" has invested in roughly 500 properties so far and based on cash-flows ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Phew! That was a close call. Just when you thought Wall Street has run out of puff, a tail wind comes to lift its sails. The Dow and the S&P 500 spent most of last night's trading activity in the red. For most of the session, investors were cashing ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
The $1.2 billion Professional Associations Superannuation Limited industry fund has its eyes set on boosting its exposure to alternative investments. Paul Kessell, investment manager for PASL which oversees the combined investment strategies of AESuper ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... recent equity market rally are now becoming the 'greater fools'. Really? I'll be a greater fool any day if my equity portfolio could earn 31 per cent in two months. No one could argue that the equity market does not move in straight line - it never has ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
BNY Mellon Asset Management's boutique firms Newton and Walter Scott have been awarded global equity mandates on behalf of Japan's public pension fund, the $1.9 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Following a review of its existing fund ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Alinda Capital Partners. Last month, the fund hired Boston-based HarborVest Partners to manage a new private equity portfolio.

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche Thematic, Orbis ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a top performing Australian Equity Fund previously available to instos into the retail investor market. The Morgan Stanley Equity Fund is an actively-managed and highly concentrated fund that ...

Alaskan fund appoints HarborVest Partners

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... PE portfolio. APFC last week appointed US investment specialist HarborVest Partners to manage its new global equity portfolio. HarborVest, based in Boston, MA, will manage a separate account for APFC with a discretionary broadly diversified global mandate. ...