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Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... is today. Major political change is happening with more frequency and severity, and it is no longer confined to a few regions of the globe." "These moves will enhance Zurich's position in the marketplace and allow us to better serve customers in Australia ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... P&I/Towers Watson list Australian super funds recorded a five-year compound growth rate of 11% per annum - ahead of most other regions in the study. Total assets of the world's largest 300 pension funds grew by more than 3% in 2014 to reach a new high ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... are far better opportunities outside than inside," Wills says. While Australian investors still could invest in other regions, to Wills the Asian opportunity is unique: "There is strong innovation in Asia, there is no comparison to other so-called emerging ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... the $53 billion super fund had purchased 4000 hectares across three existing properties in the Riverland and Sunraysia regions. The 20-year sale and leaseback deal is reported to have cost First State Super more than $150 million with proceeds for SHV ...

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Investors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region ranked lower at 74%, and were followed by those in the Americas regions, with only 59% of them caring about ESG factors. When asked more specifically, 64% of survey respondents consider governance ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... constructing portfolios that avoid or reduce particular biases, such as being materially exposed to certain investment styles, regions, sectors or macroeconomic factors.

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... 1.13% amid uncertainty over Greece's ability to pay its creditors and stay in the Eurozone. Despite losses in these key regions, Japanese and Latin American hedge funds emerged as top performer in June and they were up 0.39% and 0.29% respectively. Even ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... contribute 1.1% to global GDP growth this year, or one-third of the total. But growth will vary greatly across sectors and regions. Chicago-based global equities manager William Blair has recently changed its views on China. One of the firm's equity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... growth came in well below the 1.0 per cent projected by analysts due in part to extremely harsh winter weather in some regions and the West Coast port strike. The US Federal Reserve said the slower growth was due "in part" to transitory factors and that ...

Cloud-based research platform launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... the way equity research is paid for. "These changes cannot be underestimated - they will have repercussions across all regions," he said. "Most asset managers are not set up to meet these proposed changes." The technology is also reported to solve the ...