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Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Currency fund, a Dublin-registered qualifying investor fund with AUD$40 million of external seed capital. The Fund is a sub-fund of the Principal Global Opportunities Series and uses the same fundamental discretionary investment process that the Group ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... return trust, while another $25 million will be poured into the Aurora Offshore II Fund - a multi manager, multi strategy fund of hedge funds. The two new managers are replacements for the fund's previous investments in London-based Duet Alternative ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The $67 billion-plus Future Fund has sold 113.6 million Telstra shares - bringing its holding in the telecom giant down from 10.9 to 10 per cent. At a senate estimates hearing yesterday, the Future Fund Board of Guardians said it had sold the shares ...

RBF-Tasmania overhauls executive structure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... which involves a nationwide search for six key executives, including a chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefits Fund of Tasmania is seeking four candidates to fill the roles of chief operations officer, chief financial officer, manager governance ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... to shifting PAS' bonds portfolio from an international to a local focus, the firm also awarded $50 million into a hedge fund of funds with Connecticut-based K2 Advisors earlier this year. PAS, which manages the investments of three sub-funds - Accountants ...

BlackRock appoints new MD for Brazil

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... executive director of Unibanco Asset Management with responsibility for product and distribution, risk, operations, and fund of funds management. Andrade also worked with with Booz, Allen & Hamilton. BlackRock is already one of the world's largest managers ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
In an experiment to see how a retail investment portfolio made up mainly of ETFs compares with the Future Fund's portfolio, Financial Standard discovers key investment gaps. David Bassanese, director of PennyWise Investment Economic & Investment Consulting ...

Select mandates AQR and Och Ziff Capital

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... portfolios - the Select Defensive, Select Growth and Select Alternative portfolios. The firm is moving away from a "core fund of hedge fund" approach to a "core and satellite" strategy to its hedge fund investments. In turn, AQR and Och Ziff Capital ...

Funds with freebies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
In what is fast becoming a trend, many super funds now offer freebies or perks to their members in return for their continued loyalty. As impending regulation will allow fund members to switch super funds much easier than before, it seems that simple ...

More insurance for IBM Super members

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
The corporate fund of IBM Australia is boosting its insurance for members, including opening up death and TPD cover for spouse and retained members. According to an update on the IBM Super website, the super fund now allows retained and spouse members ...