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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... wages report. Price Waterhouse Coopers announces its private business barometer and survey. In company news, the Centro class action begins in the Federal Court in Melbourne. Regional Express Holdings Ltd announces third quarter results. Norfolk Group ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... reporting requirements of its institutional clients. The firm has introduced eight reporting templates that organises data by class action event and displays the status of the entire class action court settlement for its European, Asia Pacific, Middle ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO has launched Altera Securities, a five-year structured investment that provides equal exposure to emerging markets, global infrastructure and commodities with the security of a 100 per cent capital guarantee. The fund will provide exposure ...

Norway revises pension investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... fund's advisers said up to five per cent could be allocated to real estate as a result of the change and a separate asset class dedicated to real estate will be created within the portfolio to implement the strategy. "Investing a portion of the fund ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... inflationary pressures across the world, [so] inflation linked securities are showing value," said Malkiel. "[Another] asset class that has been negatively correlated to the debt market has been raw materials. "China has had a voracious appetite for ...

IFM adopts UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), bringing the FUM weight to almost $400 billion for organisations that have now signed the protocols. The UN PRI includes a set of "aspirational" ...

IC proves value in downturn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... Counterpoint Group. "During the very strong Australian share markets over recent years, the implemented consultants as a class had tended to lag the benchmark index," said John Parrish, managing director of Counterpoint Group. "[But] after the significant ...

Instos change mandate strategies

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The mandate hiring patterns of super funds and investors were on show in the latest Mercer report, which highlighted a renewed focus on currency management, the awarding of larger mandates and the growing popularity of alternative asset managers. According ...

Industry responds to APRA report

APRA's latest research on the governing practices of super funds revealed key differences between how retail fund trustees and industry fund trustees operate, but players from both sides of the fence argue their case. APRA's comprehensive report found ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... infrastructure sector the thumbs up but said the sector's fund managers warned of a possible decline in performance in the asset class. The report found listed infrastructure fund managers were pessimistic on the likelihood of continued historical outperformance. ...