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Four Australians in running for UN PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... responsible investing," said Donohue. "What we look to bring to the table is a voice of practicality around what a mainstream manager needs to do to efficiently apply those principles on a day to day basis and thought why shouldn't we actually be involved ...

Rainmaker launches Market Entry Report in Monaco

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Rainmaker Information has launched its inaugural report on how offshore fund managers can tap the country's $1.7 trillion superannuation and wealth management market to a global audience in Monaco today. Rainmaker released the 2011 Fund Management in ...

Investors splash into water rights

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... that want to diversify their portfolios with the alternative asset class. Picked to influence current alternatives and mainstream investment sectors, this emerging asset class is one with liquidity and a natural resources-type exposure according to Kim ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... products, which it uses to combat inflation threat by altering maturity and duration. "Fee for service is becoming far more mainstream in Australia and that's a significant tailwind for the ETF industry. It's very much like the dynamic that existed in ...

Back office firm eyes super growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Back office administration firm MainstreamBPO has re-branded its Group Benefits business to SuperBPO as it continues to target new super fund clients. SuperBPO provides member administration, unit pricing and accounting to industry, corporate and retail ...

Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... press release that the chairman did not want another full five-year term for personal reasons. It was reported in the mainstream media that fellow board member Trevor Rowe had been fighting Murray's reappointment. Trevor Rowe is to leave the board early ...

Franklin Global Growth gets three-star rating

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... ahead of the market and meet objectives," S&P said in a statement. "Generation differentiates itself from many of its mainstream competitors by integrating sustainable investing factors into its investment approach." Insync Global Dividend Growth had ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... is allowing traditional managers to construct these customized products in better regulated "wrappers", which gives mainstream investors even more confidence, said Mauppin-Higashino. A prime example of this development trend is volatility products where ...

Macquarie Funds remove performance fee

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... in finding a global infrastructure benchmark that is representative of a manager's underlying portfolio due to many mainstream global infrastructure indices being heavily weighted to integrated utilities, with lower weightings to transport or 'user demand' ...

Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... opportunities and funding requirements for diamond projects. "Diamonds are still not yet recognised as an asset by mainstream investors, even though prices for diamonds, particularly larger stones of better quality, have increased during the last years ...