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TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... billion investment giant. This is the latest phase of an amalgamation process that started in March 2014 when NSW public funds decided to bring their investment teams under TCorp. The amalgamation brings together a combined investment team who will manage ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... to ask for - it is about improving risk-adjusted returns," said Ambachtsheer. "In terms of buy-in it tends to be public funds, increasingly sovereign wealth funds with activity among endowment and foundations common. "We are starting to see more action ...

Super assets take a hit in September

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... the best in terms of contributions receiving 33.7 per cent ($6.9 billion) of the total amount for the sector, with public funds getting 32.1 per cent ($6.6 billion), industry funds 29.4 per cent ($6.1 billion) and corporate funds 4.8 per cent ($1.0 billion). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... shares at a near-50 year low. Local media reported on Friday that the Japanese government is considering injecting public funds into TEPCO as it faces mounting damage costs and possible compensation payments, but not to the level of nationalising it. ...

Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... factors may represent in the valuations of the companies analysed," said Donohue. Global sovereign wealth, major public funds and asset managers with around $22 trillion of AUM have already committed to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing prog ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... the quarter on a positive note. Corporate plans posted a median loss of 6.6 per cent in the first quarter, while public funds were slightly better at - 6.3 per cent. Foundation and endowment plans fared best with median losses of 5.5 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... Japanese share prices soared almost five per cent on Tuesday after the government said it was planning to provide public funds to companies to help them through the economic crisis. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 4.93 per ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Management's Next Generation Alternative Investing surveyed 191 US endowments and foundations, corporate plans and public funds and found a strong desire for the asset class. Those surveyed represent more than $1.2 trillion in assets under management ...

Industry and public fund members complain less: SCT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... retail super funds last financial year, accounting for 60 per cent of total complaints, compared to industry and public funds at around 30 per cent. The 2006/07 annual SCT report found written complaints for industry funds last financial year numbered ...

PE to re-build South Africa

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... attract investment inflows and thereby help raise general standards of living. Salvador Guerrero, head of marketing for public funds at Gardner's broking business Gardner Rich, said investment into South Africa has not fully returned since international ...