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The Cambridge Strategy appoints currency expert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Active currency risk manager, The Cambridge Strategy, is to set up an office in Hong Kong and has appointed Sydney-based Alexandra Edstein to help expand the company's operations in the Asia-Pacific region. With more than 20 years of experience in currency ...

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
The $3.8 trillion sovereign wealth funds sector is expected to pour more money into alternatives to diversify their portfolios, new research shows. "We can expect that sovereign wealth funds [will] progressively diversify into a broader range of investment ...

AEGON takes Lehman Bros hit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
AEGON is expecting to suffer losses from its $466 million exposure to Lehman Brothers. During 2008, AEGON actively lowered its exposure to Lehman Brothers by approximately 20 per cent. By September 12, four days before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... be renumerated for effective implementation of ESG," said Gray. "I hope this value recognition of ESG could stimulate an active ESG research market amongst brokers. It would help fund managers understand key issues." Indeed, Bernie Connolly, UBS Wealth ...

Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
To grab a larger slice of the mortgage manager pie, Firstfolio Limited continues the growth by acquisition strategy, taking on six businesses during financial year 2008. Firstfolio grew its lending book by a third, to $8 billion for the period, with ...

No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... bloodbath. In London, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has added new rules to its Code of Market Conduct banning "the active creation or increase of net short positions" in listed financial companies in the UK over the next four months. And starting ...

CalPERS halts lending to big four

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... loan restrictions once the market volatility abates," Stausboll said. Overall however CalPERS is expected to remain an active participant in securities lending, and bar the four companies, it's 'business as usual' for its $47 billion securities lending ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... industry. Adam Smith Asset Management was established in 2003 and is majority owned by its staff. It is a high conviction, active manager that seeks to invest in well managed companies with positive free cash flow and scalable business models at prices ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... last year, the impact of the credit crunch was already being felt. On the ratings front, Standard & Poor's was the most active rating agency in the sector, raising ratings on tranches of Medfin Trust Series 2004-2 and CNH Capital Australia Trust No.3 ...

FPA members demand stronger voice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... association needed to work closer with its membership when forming an industry opinion. "In our IFSA representation we get a very active role in getting our view point through, I see a similar role with the FPA would be advantageous," he said. Jo-Anne ...