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Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... head of markets & financing services - Asia Pacific. Floate was speaking at the Global Investor securities lending master class held in Sydney this week. But securities lending suffers from misinformation as it's actually a minor market activity notwithstanding ...

Lifeplan upgrades investment offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Lifeplan Funds Management has redesigned its NextGen Investment and Lifeplan Education Investment Fund product offering to comply with FOFA. Matt Walsh, head of Lifeplan, said the business saw the changing regulatory environment as an opportunity to ...

Property syndicates attracting overseas investment

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... are seeking securely-leased long term assets, according to Charter Hall Direct Property which said that this is an asset class also favoured by cash rich overseas investors. "Self-managed super funds are looking for sustainability of income, they are ...

Zurich continues Investments restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... current role as chair of the Tactical and Strategic Asset Allocation committee, in addition to responsibility for asset class decisions and fund manager selection. The appointments follow the promotion effective March 1 this year of Kristine Wade to ...

Australian shares on SMSF's radar

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... they were a year ago, it seems that investors are increasingly turning to Australian shares, with exposure to this asset class increasing." "At the same time, we've seen international shares exposure reduce slightly, indicating that there's still uncertainty ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... of funds in the Alternative Beta Fund, which has commitments of around $A225 million. "Timberland is an important asset class for QIC, as we like the low volatility, low correlations to equities and built in inflation hedging characteristics that these ...

Perpetual launches iPhone app

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Perpetual has launched a free app for the iPhone and iPad tablet, to provide instant access to information for advisers and investors. "The Perpetual iPhone App has been designed to provide advisers and investors timely and relevant information on investment ...

GESB awards $2.3bn in bond mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... income investments," said Steve McKenna, acting chief investment officer at GESB. "Segregating the broader fixed income asset class into two distinct categories allows GESB to shift towards a more global approach to investing and increase access to the ...

Hedge funds outperform: Research

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... measured by Value-at-Risk (VaR) than either stocks or commodities. Their volatility and VaR was similar to bonds, an asset class often viewed as the least risky and volatile. The research also demonstrated that hedge funds were significant generators ...

Poirier to exit BNP Paribas Investment Partners

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Co-head of institutional business development, Marian Poirier is leaving BNP Paribas Investment Partners following the announcement the firm would be ending their alliance with MFS. "Marian has contributed to BNPP IP's Australian business over the past ...