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State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
State Street has joined the chorus of voices in favour of establishing an 'Asian funds passport' along the lines of Europe's UCITS. But it remains to be seen whether anyone outside Australia is really interested. In a report released today State Street ...

Macquarie takes 17.5pc stake in Bluestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... investment was not disclosed, however, Bluestone also said it has refinanced $48 million in debt with real estate investment fund manager Forum Partners and BOS International (Australia) Limited. Representatives from both Macquarie and Forum Partners ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
A new report further supports the push for Australian fund managers' access to rapidly growing investment markets across Asia, with suggestions of APEC potentially establishing a working group on the proposal. Asia's funds management industry apparently ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Agency are responsible for investing the assets of the Future Fund, the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund and the Health and Hospitals Fund.

SSgA hires NYSE exec to join ETF team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
State Street Global Advisors has appointed the former global head of exchange traded funds of the New York Stock Exchange as managing director and global head of ETF product development. In this new role, Ebner will be based in State Street Global Advisors' ...

Costello to leave Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... employee of the Future Fund and general manager since its inception in 2006, is set to leave Australia's largest investment fund for pastures new, it was revealed late yesterday. "I am proud to have led the agency through its start-up phase and to have ...

AMP buys $80m social infra fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... of Infrastructure Phil Garling said AMP's goal is to establish the fund as the pre-eminent PPP infrastructure investment fund in the country. "We are finding that some investors are seeking protection against the possibility of a high inflation environment ...

Super SA, GESB and Telstra Super join top 300

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... Mexican and Danish funds with 10 per cent, and Dutch funds, which grew 8 per cent. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund retains its status the largest pension fund in the world, a position it has occupied for the last seven years, with roughly ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...

Boutique and big brands top SMA

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... all rated as the top SMA model portfolio providers, research shows. Standard & Poor's has named the stand out investment fund manager of separately managed accounts (SMA) as the sector gathers pace in the market. To assign a rating to a model portfolio ...