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Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... the world's largest SWF followed by UAE Abu Dhabi's Investment Authority with US$627 billion, China's SAFE Investment Company with US$568 billion, Saudi Arabia's SAMA Foreign Holdings Fund with US$533 billion and China's Investment Corporation with US$482 ...

US delays tax avoidance law by 6 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... the globe," said Treasury deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs Robert Stack. The US-based Investment Company Institute (ICI) welcomed the move. "This six-month delay will provide funds with significant additional time to implement ...

Former Hyperion boss Dr Manny Pohl launches mid cap fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Trustees is the Responsible Entity for the fund. Pohl continues to manage Flagship Investments, an ASX listed investment company he launched in 1998, as well as portfolios for a number of wholesale clients.

Rivkin firm launches managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... team chairman to oversee the funds' development. The new suite of products will include an open mandate listed investment company that holds ASX-listed companies, hybrid securities, preference shares and floating rate notes; similar to the existing Rivkin ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... of a number of JBG Structured Investments products linked to the performance of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company has matured, returning 42.83% to investors. Buffett is idolised by the global investment community but at $167,000 for a single ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... executive director Giles Craig says that Elders requires the support of unit holders. But Hamilton, a listed investment company, is preparing a counter-bid in consultation with the current unit holders of the scheme, who believe they are at risk of recording ...

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
US Investment Company Institute (ICI) chief executive, Paul Schott Stevens, has blasted proposals for a transactions tax saying it's bad policy that will cost investors dearly. "A financial transaction tax is bad policy that substantially reduces the ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... US mutual fund investors poured US$304 billion into bond funds last year. According to figures from the US Investment Company Institute, the bond fund inflows trounced the $153 billion that was withdrawn from equity mutual funds. Five year figures are ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... billion to stock funds worldwide in the past four weeks". This is just about 10% of the US$533.37 billion the Investment Company Institute estimates as having flowed out of equities over the past five years through 2012. "... all the bad feelings have ...

Unlicensed director jailed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
A Queensland woman who ran an unlicensed investment company, and purchased a house with the proceeds is now behind bars. Tania Michele Oakley of Noosa, appeared for sentencing in Maroochydore District Court on 3 September 2012 after pleading guilty ...