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SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
The $5 trillion sovereign wealth fund sector is poorly served by the investment management industry which doesn't understand their risk management requirements, claims a just released joint study by the EDHEC Risk Institute and Deutsche Bank. The misunderstanding ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Investors need to think beyond simple environmental factors to the opportunities sustainability drivers and risks present. That's the message from Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer's global head of responsible investment. "Focusing on ESG factors in managing ...

Future Fund builds Aust infra exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
Future Fund has purchased 35 million shares in toll road operator Transurban for $192.7 million, to hold 6.78% as the fund continues its build its exposure in Australian infrastructure. Purchased through infrastructure fund manager RARE Infrastructure ...

Gonski appointed new chair of Future Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
David Gonski will resign as chair of the ASX Group to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future Fund, in charge of nearly $90bn in assets. The government has also appointed Morgan Stanley Australia head, Steven Harker, to the ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
A new report by the Centre for Independent Studies says the Future Fund, Australia's de facto sovereign wealth fund, far from being a fiscally responsible way to rebalance intergenerational equity, is economically flawed. The reasoning behind the fund ...

Surging institutional interest in frontier markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
A new global equity model from MSCI-owned Barra is factoring in frontier markets, as institutional interest again returns to the subset of emerging markets. While interest in the markets dissipated during the global financial crisis in a flight from ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
"Betcha by golly wow You're the one that I've been waiting for..." -Stylistics Hear ye, hear ye, the Europeans have reached an accord - and financial markets liked the sound of that. Major European equity indices soared between 2.9% (FTSE-100) and 6.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... four biggest lenders. Hong Kong and Shanghai soared in early trade, boosted by China's big four banks after sovereign wealth fund Central Huijin Investment bought stakes in each of them in a government move to shore up financial markets and boost confidence ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... international seas, super is an anchor," said Gillard, adding that she believes super is Australia's trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund with market benefits. To continue this growth, Gillard said the introduction of the 12% Superannuation Guarantee ...

Vanguard appoints senior portfolio manager, fixed income

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... portfolio manager for an inflation-linked bond portfolio at GIC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund. She also worked as a director of fixed income research at Barclays Capital, where she developed the firm's US inflation-linked ...