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Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... managers with stakes in the sector boast over $428 billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures. According to new research conducted by Mercer and commissioned by the IFC, fund managers are increasing their interest ...

No bail-out for cash-strapped assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... advice, is currently advising its clients to look at the credit and distressed debt markets for their next investment ventures. But the advice comes with the caution that super funds require sufficient amounts of capital and liquidity before pumping ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... million in investment projects over the next quarter, although some of these might have to take a seat behind communication ventures targeted towards clients. "Over this next quarter, we'll be implementing close to $5 million of investment projects that ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... billion investments in Asia to new heights - the fund is extending its proxy voting policy for shareholders to include ventures in the region. UniSuper has already commenced voting on a third of its stocks in Asia, representing more than 400 companies ...

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... hold outside of Australian listed shares, which we have taken advantage of," said Cuffe, executive director of Social Ventures Australia. "Although we reached our minimum 50 per cent investment level in growth-oriented investments in early July, we have ...

GESB announces key hires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... management business including its financial planning division. Hedley previously worked at HBOS as head of strategy and ventures for BankWest retail before joining GESB. Prior to that role he worked across consulting and corporate finance positions at ...

Gen Y prizes property

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... Celsius Research showed that 18 to 39 year olds with more than $150,000 to invest fill their portfolios with property ventures, more so compared to other age groups. Australian investors between 18 and 29 have an average 23.9 per cent weighting in property ...

Serious about planning: Health Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... Vogt. HSFP is fully owned by Health Super, although it provides advice beyond traditional fund member requirements and ventures into direct equities, wholesale managed funds, and risk solutions.

Third Link signs key fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Link is the first not-for-profit managed fund in Australia and is designed to provide non-profit organisation Social Ventures Australia (SVA) with a regular income stream of around $1.5 million per year, once the fund reaches $150 million. It will do ...

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Nigeria and South Africa are re-building their infrastructure because of the oil boom. This in turn, is opening doors to ventures such as Investec's African and Pan African funds to tap into the rising number of mining and infrastructure projects. Banking ...