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Insync hires senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... where he managed a concentrated portfolio of 20-30 global leaders, Desmond was co-founder and chief investment officer of Africa's largest independent asset manager, Fleming Asset Management Zimbabwe, now Imara Asset Management.

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Financial markets are nervously awaiting the release of Chinese inflation figures this weekend, but one fund manager believes that the concerns are overdone - and the multi-year bull market in Asian equities is only just beginning. Fears are building ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... 36.0 cents after announcing a 70 per cent increase in the indicated gold reserves at its prospective mine site in South Africa.

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... of a low-carbon economy. Within the group statement are investors from the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Canada including European investors and US public pension funds and state treasurers. There are a number of Australian ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Europe dominate the top 500, countries with smaller economies, and smaller investment markets than ours, including South Africa, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium, all have entries in the top 100. With the exception of South Africa (boosted by 34th placed ...

CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... around 10 per cent of the world resources industry is in Australia and we see major opportunities in places like Mongolia, Africa, Latin America and Kazakhstan, which the CFSGAM team is very well positioned to exploit," said Tim Hughes, NGS investment ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... and giving them a run for their money" in their quest for resources, Power said. "This has been done very successfully in Africa. Now the Indians and even the Brazilians have come in and are giving the Chinese a run for their money. Ultimately, when ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... room for growth should India be able to grow its pension fund assets to levels comparable to other countries. In South Africa, for example, pension fund assets are estimated at about one third of GDP. In Chile, pension funds assets are at about two thirds ...

Macq Life Active premiums reach $1 million

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... "Macquarie Life Active was borne out of the past learnings and best practices of three key markets, Australia, the UK and South Africa, which are all at different stages of maturity and development," said Justin Delaney, head of Macquarie Life. Macquarie ...