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US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... refundable to the Australian super investor. Obama's administration hopes that dropping the tax will encourage overseas pension funds to invest. Russell said opportunities in overseas property investment should not be overlooked as they provide an important ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager corporate clients at The Trust Company, said Canadian funds were attracted to the relatively ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... superannuation funds, but it has now turned to family offices. "We are seeing a lot more family offices this time. Pension funds are all saying that the Vietnamese market is too small. We made the mistake of focussing too much on institutions rather ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... are also concerns about the cost of investing and market liquidity. "The downside for long-term investors, such as pension funds, is that regulation could dampen the future returns from their holdings. Banks continue to be significant parts of indices ...

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
One of the best-known pension funds in the US has awarded a significant mandate to Standard Life Investments' top-performing multi-asset fund. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is investing US$500 million with the Edinburgh-based ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Strategies (GARS) fund has attracted more than $30 billion funds under management globally from hundreds of large pension funds. It is best described as a multi-asset fund that aims to achieve a positive return in all market conditions. It has successfully ...

Latin American pension funds eye PE

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Regulation governing South American pension funds investing in private equity is becoming less strict, which make it more likely for limited partners in the region to become active investors in the coming years, investment research house Preqin said. ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... profits drove them to issue inflated ratings thereby misleading the public and defrauding investors." Among the pension funds that lost money when it relied on the agency's ratings and research was CalPERS, which said it fell victim to S&P's wrongdoing. ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies - allocated 70% more assets to hedge fund and private market strategies ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... "The new study shows that equity risk premiums are going to be around 3.5-4.5% rather than 7-8% forecast by most pension funds," he said. The research has significant connotations for the superannuation industry. With the average balanced fund allocating ...