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J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... AustralianSuper, as it completes a $30 million technology investment program for institutional clients. J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has added the four funds to its global collateral management platform with more than US$600bn in collateral ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... data from both countries could affect investors' perceptions of the short to medium-term growth prospects for economies worldwide and corporate profits. On the local bourse at 1213 AEDT, in the resources sector, market heavyweight BHP Billiton improved ...

Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... necessary transparency at the member level?" he asked. "If you go back to the crisis when Lehman collapsed, you saw worldwide those who had these multiple systems were left exposed. Having their business organised by asset class, they weren't really ...

Social media an important tool for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... he said. Young pointed to Google Plus as a fast growing social media platform, which has attracted 90 million users worldwide since it was launched last June. This includes a "hangout" capability where Young said business people like Michael Dell, Dell ...

Hedge fund FUM to hit $2.3 trillion by year end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... 2011 in a bullish endorsement of the hedge fund industry." The survey is based on responses from 400 investor entities worldwide, representing more than $1.35 trillion in hedge fund assets, which is approximately two-thirds of the entire estimated market. ...

Russell Investments opts out of S&P

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... on our desire to focus local product and service offerings around scalable business operations in all of our markets worldwide," the company said in a statement. Up to 30 jobs are likely to be affected.

AMP Capital fund secures US mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012

S&P Capital IQ closes local fund research, wealth services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... on our desire to focus local product and service offerings around scalable business operations in all of our markets worldwide," said the company statement. The sister brands S&P Indices and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services would not be impacted by ...

Dimensional grows fixed income team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... headquartered in Texas but has offices in Australia, Canada and Europe, managing more than $US200 billion in assets worldwide. A quarter of these assets are in fixed income. Koch was with Suncorp for ten years and has experience in researching, building ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Asset management giant Fidelity Worldwide Investment has come out in favour of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's calls for more transparency on executive pay, bonuses and severance packages. Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Cameron said there ...