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Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Sydney-based Plus Capital Investment Management, a third party distributor, has signed a distribution deal with Los Angeles-based Causeway Capital Management. The deal is Plus Capital's third since launching in 2009, following agreements with insurance ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... increased by a small 0.2 per cent in the second quarter, slower than the March quarter's 0.5 per cent expansion and less than a third of the 0.7 per cent rise markets expected. Not good. Me too! The circle of today's bad news would not be complete without ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... assets to levels comparable to other countries. In South Africa, for example, pension fund assets are estimated at about one third of GDP. In Chile, pension funds assets are at about two thirds of GDP, while in Australia, super fund assets are about ...

One in five ignore super accounts

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... in five have no clue how many super accounts they have. Meanwhile, results from a previous survey showed that while one-third of participants knew they had more than one superannuation fund, they hadn't taken action to consolidate them into one account. ...

MLC appoints former Fidelity global CIO

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... based approach to asset allocation and the broader Capital Markets Team, along with new responsibilities." This is MLC's third key executive appointment this year, having appointed former UBS Global Asset Management fixed interest veteran Michael Karagianis ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... "high demand, new generation commercial aircraft on lease to tier-one and tier-two airlines." The move marks the fund's third capital raising effort since launching in 2008, having most recently tapped investor demand to the tune of $65 million in April. ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... the fiscal austerity measures bite. But at least, the Eurozone economy would be starting from a stronger base. Basel the third. Yes, this provided a pleasant surprise. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision agreed to tighten capital requirements ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... lending has also moved from RMB10 trillion ($1.6 trillion) last year to RMB7.5 trillion ($1.2 trillion) this year. Meanwhile, third home ownership will arguably be a distant dream to most buyers as a 50 per cent down payment would be needed to secure ...

Singapore: the cloud computing hub

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... enables a financial services company to access its IT applications through the web, on a shared data centre provided by a third party, theoretically enabling it to reduce costs on networks, servers and storage. According to technology consultant Ovum ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... seen as a template for the whole of Europe. For while its second quarter growth of 1.21 per cent is the highest since the third quarter of 1999 - Bloomberg notes that, "Services, manufacturing and construction faltered in August and policy makers have ...