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CalPERS may lose $947 million

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) may lose nearly $950 million from its investments in US housing crash-victim LandSource. CalPERS invested $947 million in US property developer LandSource, which recently filed for bankruptcy ...

Syndicated loan market contracts by half

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Syndicated lending by Australian banks fell by around half during the March 2008 quarter, in one measure of the restricted availability of corporate credit since the global credit crunch emerged in mid 2007. The Bank for International Settlements estimated ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Toyota's expected decision to start manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production. During the weekend it was widely reported that ...

UBS launches soft com and Asia prod

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
UBS launched its Global Access Fund to provide self managed super funds and other investors exposure to the soft commodities and the emerging markets. The UBS Global Access Fund is a structured product that provides exposure to the UBS Bloomberg CMCI ...

Goodbye fax, hello tech messaging

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Tired with paper transactions, nine big fund managers are ditching their fax machines for SWIFTNet Funds' electronic messaging funds transfers. Nine participants in the SWIFTNet Funds market practice and pilot are taking the plunge to go live with electronic ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Macquarie Research Equities launched Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure and Development Index (MEMIDI) could become an industry benchmark for monitoring the performance of emerging market infrastructure companies. The index, which is calculated ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
With the Future Fund's investment strategy falling into place, it has advised parliament that in the new financial year it will be begin releasing quarterly public reports. The Future Fund was recently criticised by the Washington-based Peterson Institute ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Allianz Global Investors is opening an office in Bahrain and launching two Shariah compliant equity funds to extend its investment and product distribution capabilities to the oil rich countries of the Middle East. The Bahrain based Allianz office will ...

Super funds to offer FHSAs

Eight super funds have expressed their intention to offer members with First Home Savers Accounts (FHSAs), according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), which represents over $450 billion ...

BT and Asgard to lead platform market

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Nearly one third of all Australian financial planners will call the combined BT/Asgard their primary platform should the Westpac and St.George merger come to fruition. Westpac and St.George yesterday signed a merger implementation agreement - taking ...