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TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008

US-based Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) pours $1.26 billion of new funds into private equity after its $2.3 billion investment in the sector turned to be a money spinner returning 23 per cent in the year to March. TRS confirms ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008

Life settlements might seem like an unconventional asset class - but an Australian fund manager claims the sector poses a fresh set of opportunities for local insto investors. Investing in life settlements, particularly in the US, involves buying out ...

BT raises savings for term deposits

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008

BT Financial Group raises the stakes in providing the best cash alternative for super investors after boosting its one-year term deposit rate by 30 basis points to 8.4 per cent. According to the firm, it increased its term deposit rate after roughly ...

van Eyk wary of boutique performance

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008

... review, it found a number of boutiques would be tested as equity market remain volatile and many rely on a single asset class. "While typically new boutiques are established by individuals with a reasonably long and good track record, the quality of ...

Treasury Asia wins $61.9m Skandia mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008

... confident that they will add significant value to the Global Best Ideas fund." The Global Best Ideas fund includes ten "world class" fund managers that invest in their best stock ideas. The fund has $921 million in assets and since inception two years ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008

... hedge. Nearly two thirds of RARE's current portfolio is directly or indirectly hedged to inflation. Investing in an asset class that provides income coupled with some growth is also another key driver of infrastructure's popularity. Langley claims infrastructure ...

UBS launches soft com and Asia prod

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008

... China, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan via the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or Asia Index. The primary investments of each unit class provide the fund with 100 per cent capital protection at maturity and approved clients can borrow 100 per cent of the ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008

... global wealth advisory for Merrill Lynch Australia. "This partnership with Praemium will provide our clients the best in class tax reporting and portfolio administrative service in Australia and enable us to combine our offshore multi-currency capabilities ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008

... see a tremendous amount of product linked to the new index given the increasing interests in infrastructure as an asset class," said Thompson. Ferns said MEMIDI importance would only grow as emerging market economies continue to industrialise and institutions ...

UK instos back climate change fundie

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), UK's second largest pension fund, is joining three other institutional investors in investing more than $160 million in Climate Change Capital Group. The USS together with Alliance Trust, SNS REAAL N.V., and ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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