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Frontier hires analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Frontier Investment Consulting hired hedge fund researcher, Ching Lee as an analyst. Lee previously worked at Shadforth Financial Group/Haintz Financial Services as an analyst and prior that appointment as a research assistant at Monash University analysing ...

FTSE 'watches' Greece and South Korea

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... 'advanced emerging' status. FTSE classifies each country into four categories: developed, emerging, secondary emerging and frontier. The firm assesses all countries using a methodology that includes economic size, wealth, quality of markets and depth ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Global investment management firm GMO is broadening its emerging market portfolio to include frontier economies such as Nigeria, Vietnam and the Gulf States. Marco Vangelisti, GMO emerging markets portfolio manager, said the firm is looking to allocate ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
Investment consultants like to keep their performance numbers strictly for clients' eyes only but Frontier, which advises on $97 billion of superannuation assets, broke convention when it publicly revealed its results this year - the first time it's ...

Templeton targets Vietnam

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... of that growth," said Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management. "Having analysts on the ground in frontier markets like Vietnam benefits our company research efforts, enabling more frequent company visits and greater insight into ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... placing fixed income assets under closer review. Financial Standard interviewed JANA, Russell, Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Frontier - which collectively provide investment consulting advice on more than $270 billion of not-for-profit super fund assets - ...

Frontier appoints analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Frontier Investment Consulting appointed Chris Coulthurst to analyst in the firm's infrastructure division. Coulthurst previously worked at South East Water as a senior officer - sustainable water solutions and, prior to that, worked at Sinclair Knight ...

Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... Australia who die. The commodities boom is causing huge distortions in the State growth patterns. According to the ABS, the frontier States of Western Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory grew and more than twice the rate of the other States ...

The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Looking to pour cash into Kazakhstan, Slovenia and Nigeria? Today frontier market investing is more than just a fad, says Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investments. "[Frontier market investing is] part of a long-term trend, one that's connected ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... low double digit return." Drew said the super fund chose Franklin Templeton following advice from its asset consultant, Frontier Investment Consulting. He said the super fund had gradually shifted its focus away from domestic investment and is increasingly ...