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Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The $2.4 billion industry fund Westscheme is bucking the trend of super funds going overweight in cash and is rebalancing its portfolio weekly across all asset classes. According to Howard Rosario, chief executive of the West Australian-based fund ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has axed two alternative investment mandates in light of the fund's shrinking assets. According to a press statement by the American fund, the board decided "not to move forward with two planned alternative ...

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Global managed futures giant Superfund sets up an investment centre in Sydney, open to the public, to help investors understand how managed futures work. Set up in Austria back in 1995, Superfund has grown to manage more than US$1.4 billion in assets ...

Residential property wins

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Residential property investment is the highest performing asset class over the last 20 years according to latest research, and one way to access it is to buy into pooled residential property funds. Lee Hughes, analyst at property research specialist ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
AMP stayed in the black last year despite the market crisis although earnings by its wealth management arms dropped markedly after local and global markets went through the wringer. The group's Contemporary Wealth Management business, which includes ...

Treasuries still strong: ML

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... their investments for at least the next six months - despite some punters voicing fears that the sector might be next asset class in the US to implode, according to an industry expert. Stephen Corry, Merrill Lynch, chief investment strategist for global ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen - a crisis which is unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself. But if we act boldly and swiftly to arrest this downward spiral, every American will benefit.' ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... of specialist investment options whether it's Aussie shares specifically, or you can have a manager approach in the asset class or invest in small caps," said Klipin. As a result, Klipin says there is now a healthy demand for insurance bonds partly driven ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Carthona Agriculture, a green investment consultancy for institutional investors, is incorporating the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment into its services. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona, said applying these principles ...

Aviva prepares for equity investment surge

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Investors can start preparing for the upswing in the local equity market after Aviva launched a dollar cost averaging tool which allows them to gradually move some of their cash investments into other asset classes. The Progressive Switching Facility ...