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'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Governments hoping to secure pension fund investments into infrastructure projects should focus on 'brownfield' assets rather than expecting them to take on 'greenfield' risks, said European investor Antin Infrastructure Partners. Referring to British ...

AMP Capital, Aberdeen score Advance mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... fund that invests in Australian interest bearing securities such as Commonwealth, State, local and semi government and corporate bonds. "AMP Capital Investors' well resourced domestic fixed interest team has a strong leadership group with focused decision ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... those numbers we downgraded." SQM said asking for financials at the responsible entity level of rated funds was part of corporate governance procedures. "When everybody looks at those June 30 2011 accounts they look very much in order and there's nothing ...

ASIC uncovers investment scam

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... withdrawn in cash, meaning it is likely the funds may not be recovered. William Fletcher and Katherine Barnet of Bentleys Corporate Recovery have been appointed liquidators of the companies. The corporate watchdog said it urges consumers to be alert ...

ACGBs have served their purpose: JBWere

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... already expensive ACGBs need to move even higher, he said. On a risk/reward and relative value basis, JBWere recommended corporate bonds over government bonds; active management over passive management, particularly for investors with exposure to government ...

Handle churn through dealer groups, don't target advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... business for life insurance policies, Asteron Life wrote that the view of the advice industry is that there needs to be a corporate approach to the issue. This would involve forcing dealer groups and life companies to manage the small portion of advisers ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
There are opportunities for investors willing to take a research-heavy approach to Asian small cap equities. "It is an area that is under researched, and nowadays when liquidity is low, there is even less broker coverage," said Douglas Loh, chief operating ...

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins $34m in mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
MLC MasterKey Business Super has won three corporate super mandates worth $34 million. The employers who have just signed on to MasterKey Business Super are McMillan Shakespeare, Kentz Engineering and Swisse Vitamins. The $34 million boost would take ...

Perpetual sells registry business

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... by a full change in ownership for the registry business. The registry business is a small business within Perpetual Corporate Trust, employing only two staff, and its revenue accounts for less than 0.2% of Perpetual's total revenues. However clients ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... returns have fallen from near 9% in March to 6.4% in May. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of nil and corporate master trusts -1.7%, resulting in a segment gap of 2.1 percentage points. Over five years the segment gap is again 2.0 ...