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Smart beta gains popularity with instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Smart beta solutions are becoming increasingly popular with global pension funds, according to research from UK advice firm bfinance. Smart beta, which includes fair-value indexing and low-volatility strategies were perceived as a method of reducing ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... infrastructure mandate up to $500 million to invest in a diversified portfolio of core infrastructure assets in North America and Europe across a range of sectors. Broken into two tranches, an initial $300 million will be invested immediately in core ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
A new agriculture ETF has been launched on the Australian stock exchange today by specialist ETF provider BetaShares. Known as QAG, the new exchange traded fund will track the performance of the S&P GSCI Agriculture Enhanced Select Index, which is made ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... Global Multi-Manager business has landed new mandates to the value of US$1 billion and 35 new clients from Europe and North America.

Global ETPs hits $1.58 trillion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Investor desire for exchange-traded products continued in global markets as sentiment moved towards higher risk and higher yielding asset classes during October. The impact of Europe's debt crisis and solid Q3 2011 earnings for United States corporations ...

Trust company considers outsourcing while MITs drive growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Trust Company is considering outsourcing some of its back office administration, following the example of Perpetual, which struck a deal with Macquarie Investment Management earlier this month. Speaking after the Trust Company reported a 16% increase ...

Asia-Pacific's HNWIs second largest in the world

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... net worth individuals now exceeds Europe's for the first time, making it the world's second-largest market after North America. That's according to the 2011 Asia-Pacific Wealth Report released by Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Capgemini ...

Citi mandates Fidessa for global derivatives platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... the derivatives marketplace," said Stephen Barrow, global sales director, Fidessa. Fidessa has hosting centres in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan. In July this year it announced plans to provide the backbone for a new multi-market smart-order ...

HSBC: Australia's trade growth to expand 129% by 2025

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... region by 2025, Latin America leads the way with 100% growth, Asia with 96%, Europe recorded 77%, MENA with 85%, North America with 55% and finally the global trade growth forecast is 73%. China's share of world trade will reach 13% by 2025, driven by ...

Global port manager to leave AMP fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... centralised team structure. AMP said it will not replace Ward but instead Jason Baine, global portfolio manager for North America, will take on Ward's duties in addition to his own. In response, Standard & Poor's Fund Services has put the AMP Capital ...