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ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Global Dutch financial institution ING Group purchased Turkey's first and only voluntary pension fund, Oyak Emeklilik for $180 million to tap into the country's pension market. Previously owned by OYAK Group and established in 2003, Oyak Emeklilik has ...

MMC recruits McLaughlin and Frost

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
MMC Contrarian has appointed former Australian Wealth Management head of research, Justin McLaughlin, as chief investment officer and former Investors Mutual Limited portfolio manager, Paul Frost, as portfolio manager. This announcement follows the ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Deloitte supports the federal government's Green Paper on financial services and credit reform but warned against separately regulating mortgage and non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned ...

Pension alternatives investments top $860bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
The amount of alternative assets managed by 99 of the world's largest investment managers on behalf of pension funds jumped 40 per cent to $864 billion last year, according to Watson Wyatt and Global Investor magazine. The Global Alternatives 99 research ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Ascalon Capital Managers continues its strategy to buy strong financial services firms, after purchasing a 50 per cent equity stake in high conviction investment manager, Sigrun Asset Management. Sigrun is a quant manager that uses behavioural finance ...

CFA launches SRI guidelines

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
The CFA Institute produced a top 10 list of responsible investment guidelines to help investors understand and incorporate socially responsible investments (SRI) into their portfolio. The list was developed after CFA members highlighted the need for ...

Allianz wheels insurance for motor trade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Allianz taps into Australia's burgeoning motor trade industry when it launched a new Motor Trades Pack insurance product that provides 15 different insurance policies under a single policy. The Motor Trades Pack insurance policy covers glass breakage ...

T.Rowe Global Equity fund 'highly recommended'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The T. Rowe Price Global Equity Fund received a 'highly recommended' rating from independent research firm Lonsec after exhibiting a robust investment strategy and experienced management team. The fund is managed by Robert Gensler, T. Rowe Price portfolio ...

Loomis Sayles taps luxury goods and alt energy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
US based investment manager Loomis Sayles is positioning its Global Growth fund to capture global consumer expenditure in luxury electronic items and rising demand for alternative energy sources despite the on going global economic slump. Mark Baribeau ...

Retail super weigh in on transparency debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
Retail super fund providers are backing the introduction of a standardised super fund performance table, as proposed by the ISN, but on certain conditions. On Wednesday, Industry Super Network (ISN) executive manager, David Whiteley called for the Australian ...