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ING IM tailored to suit

... investment style a notch. For example, gone are the days when the debate centered on debt and equity or passive versus active because institutions and other investors are more interested to talk about alpha/beta, alternatives, private equity and endowment ...

CFS buys music copyright assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... streams in the form of stable and recurring cash flows. "They hold considerable long-term growth potential through the active promotion and management of the underlying musical works, income can be generated by placing the songs in video games, movies ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... practices," he said. OMERS has CA$48 billion in assets under management and provides pension services to approximately 372,000 active and retired members on behalf of over 900 employers across Ontario.

Industry funds on top again

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Industry super fund default and growth options have again outperformed the retail master trusts over one, three and five years, continuing a now too familiar trend, according to the latest Rainmaker research. Research undertaken for the Industry Super ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

Future Fund appoints equities investment director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... for Northern Trust Global Advisors, AXA Multimanager and William M Mercer. She will build and manage the fund's external active equity manager portfolio, reporting to chief investment officer David Neal. Neal said Elly's appointment further strengthened ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... crude prices and follow-through buying in the Asian markets diminished and bullion investors locked in recent profits. Most-active December gold on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange settled down 20 cents at $762 an ounce. On central-bank ...

AustSafe redeems and goes to Paradice

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... to their existing Paradice mid caps investment. AustSafe Super chief executive Craig Stevens said, "The trustee takes an active view in relation to the performance of managers, and these changes are seen as adding value to the fund's long term performance ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... worst may be selling home loans on the internet. Countless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses make to overall sales is very modest. Commonwealth ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... or bottom quartile international equity portfolio." "It's actually way more important than whether you decided to have active or passive management on your international equities," he said. He said with Australian super funds currently hedging 47 per ...