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CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Management (ERM) to develop a course for the infrastructure team on the environmental and social issues facing the asset class. CFSGAM signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) in 2007. Perry Clausen, global co-head of ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
European Union laws that come into effect next year will allow Australian fund managers to invest funds for overseas investors with less admin headaches. It's the new world breaking into the old world. Australian fund managers, many of whom could trace ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Australians are taking out a reverse mortgage to provide extra income, instead of using the extra funds to refurbish their house or go on holidays, a report found. Kevin Conlon, chief executive at the Senior Australians Equity Release (SEQUAL), said ...

AvSuper unveils intra-fund advice service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... with plans to roll out a full-fledged intra-fund advice service next month. AvSuper received authorisation under ASIC's class order intra-fund superannuation advice relief to trustees on 27 January. Michelle Griffiths, chief executive of the Canberra-based ...

Class Financial warns against poor SMSF admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
Class Financial Systems, an SMSF software platform provider warns planners against companies posing as SMSF administrators but don't have the right systems in place and could potentially lock planning groups into inflexible and pricey agreements. Class ...

FIIG appoints R&D chief

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... Jim Stening said Corey's appointment was part of a company strategy to give FIIG clients an investment edge through first-class research. The dedicated fixed income research team of five analysts at FIIG Securities is separate from the management and ...

IFM global infra assets outperform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Fresh from buying a German infrastructure asset worth $250 million, the new head of Industry Funds Management (IFM), Brett Himbury, said the group's infrastructure assets are performing ahead of budget. "We're nearly at the end of the financial year ...

Mercer wins Investec mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... client investment service. Investec will draw on Mercer's forward-looking global research on managers to identify best in class investment products. In particular, Investec will access Mercer's Global Investment Manager Database and its Manager Performance ...

CFSGAM targets global trends with commodities fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Asset Management (CFSGAM) banks on global trends including population growth, demand for biofuels and the emerging 'middle class' to make a return for investors. The CFSGAM Global Soft Commodity Share fund, launched yesterday, invests in companies involved ...

Alaskan SWF targets private equity

FUND RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The Alaska Permanent Fund is set to approve a $700 million investment to private equity assets for the next financial year. The fund's board of trustees is also expected to commit a further $290 million to private equity investments for the remainder ...