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State Street uploads Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
State Street has incorporated Charles River technology to provide real time market data and improve efficiency for Australian investors seeking more alternative asset classes. Paul Khoury, vice president and head of product services at State Street ...

Sunsuper buys more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... partnership with US endowment investor, Makena Capital Management, to provide greater exposure to its alternative asset class. "We're very happy about how our alternative assets are looking now, we were a bit behind the benchmark but we've caught up ...

Confidence rising in emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, chose local stocks as their preferred asset class.

Fiducian launches India fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... construction and 11 per cent in technology. The mid cap stock bias of the fund is designed to capture the growth of India's middle class. "With a mid cap focus you're really capturing that India 'ground growth' and the power of the up and coming consumer," ...

Mercer opens new TAP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Mercer Wealth Solutions has launched a new transition to retirement allocated pension, offering investors a range of advice and education extras on top of their regular investment services. The product will offer 34 investment options across several ...

Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
Skandia has introduced mandate structures to their multi-manager funds, allowing investors access to managers closed to new investors or previously available only through mandates. Skandia's chief executive officer, Ross Laidlaw, said, the move will ...

Governance returns sour Asian alternatives outlook

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
Investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are avoiding alternative investment classes, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey, citing inadequate governance and a feeling diversification will dilute returns. 51 per cent of respondents in Hong ...

AMP launches new planner academy

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
AMP Financial Planning has launched two new recruitment, education and placement programs, based at their new Financial Planning Academy in St Leonards, Sydney. The two programs, dubbed Horizons and Planner Pathway, are designed to take prospective ...

Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... 2008 presidential election campaign. Senator Clinton's American Retirement Accounts (ARA) plan will enable low to middle class families to establish a retirement savings account with any private wealth management company similar in structure to a 401(k). ...

Building BRICs

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... Dali said. The demographics story, he said, is still improving with increased GDP per capita, rising wealth of the middle class, and a massive migration from rural areas into the cities and urban areas, further supporting growth in these economies. "Here's ...