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Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. Globally, sovereign wealth funds have grown their assets under management by 11 per cent to nearly ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... remains a big question mark. But financial markets seemed to have made up their mind. Bloomberg cites data from Investment Company Institute showing that net inflows into US equities amounted to US$4.92 billion in the week ended 9 February - the most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... a tender process for $2 billion in Treasury Notes in two tranches. In equities news, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd and Alesco Corporation Ltd report first half results. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed higher for the second ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... specifically for fee-for-service planners seeking low cost investment products with no commissions. Listed investment company Global Mining Investments (GMI) earned a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec after catering its LICs approach for ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
ASX-listed Chinese investment company ASF Group has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the Marco Polo Pure China Fund in Australia, and is targeting institutional investors for mandates. The Marco Polo Pure China Fund invests in mainland Chinese ...

Bell IXL eyes India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... Exchange-listed boutique investment firm, Bell IXL Investments, has made a takeover bid for troubled listed investment company India Equities Fund (INE). Massimo Livio Cellante, managing director of Bell IXL, said in a letter to INE shareholders that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Management conucts a tender for the issue of $250 million of Treasury Indexed Bonds. In equities news, BKI Investment Company Ltd and ING Office Fund hold annual general meetings. The AB+F Corporate and Business Banking Forum begins in Sydney. On Monday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... Institute will release their Monthly Inflation Gauge for September. In company news, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd will holds its annual general meeting. On Friday, the Australian share market closed almost flat as investors stayed on ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... launched in 2007, has returned 21.4 per cent p.a. in the past two years. Conversely, the India-themed listed investment company (LIC) Indian Equities Fund, was effectively wound up in July when 95 per cent of the fund's shareholders voted in favour of ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... received by equity funds from 1999 to 2000, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and the Washington-based Investment Company Institute." Get that US$480.2 bil - that's almost half a 1,000,000,000,000! "Imagine there's no heaven." John Lennon. We know ...