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Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... around us and the stock markets are becoming increasingly exposed a range of ESG impacts," said O'Halloran. "We need a world class learning centre which can be accessible and flexible and take the lead on the world's best practice, a place organisations ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... infrastructure related investments held via private equity and real estate. "Infrastructure was the last component of a new asset class to be approved by the CalPERS Board, which earlier adopted policies for the three other sub-asset classes including ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Trading in futures while banking successfully on the trends of the market downturn, the Winton Global Alpha Fund has rewarded investors with a hefty 23.5 per cent in returns over a one year period. The Winton Global Alpha Fund, open to financial advisers ...

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
The $3 billion government superannuation fund AGEST Super is tightening its purse strings on new mandates and has quadrupled its cash option to $400 million in less than nine months. According to Michael Seton, AGEST Super chief executive, the fund's ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Traditional absolute return funds often rely on their ability to manage physical securities - but the QIC Global Fixed Interest Fund is going against mainstream thinking by exploiting opportunities with no correlation to major asset classes. QIC, which ...

Zurich hires investment specialist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... virtually unlimited pool of local and global managers," said Drennan. "This means we deliver the best funds in each asset class, not the best that can be built in house like other managers." Zurich's Investment business manages more than $6 billion in ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... BlackRock's Aladdin to jump years ahead in its development cycle, he said. "The investment community demands multi-asset class solutions yet most systems focus on just one or perhaps two." Impact Investing caught the attention of BlackRock almost as ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... Graham-Smith, portfolio manager at Select. "We read a lot of anecdotal evidence that infrastructure is a newly discovered asset class in America, whereas in Australia it's been more readily accepted and that's part and parcel of groups like Macquarie ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... collateral structure. They are even investigating the creation of customised benchmarks to create a whole new asset sub-class, modelled on a bank bill-like framework.

DWS Strategic Value gains four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... analyst, Simon Scott. "This method is one of the strongest that S&P has seen to date to provide daily liquidity in this asset class," he added.