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Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Canadian pension funds will increase their investment into Australian infrastructure, according to a panel discussion hosted by The Trust Company. Canadian investment in Australian property and infrastructure has risen dramatically in recent years ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... from windfall resource exports which account for 58% of all SWFs. They do not, however, include government sector pension funds, explaining why Australia's Future Fund, established to set aside monies to help pay future costs of public sector superannuation ...

Goodman partners with Malaysian pension fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... interest in the portfolio on an initial 40/60 basis. The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), one of Malaysia's largest pension funds, will hold the majority share. "Major global investors continue to target high-quality income producing investments in a ...

Henderson grows footprint in Asia-Pacific

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... management globally. Its clients include individuals, private banks, third-party distributors, insurance companies, pension funds, government bodies and corporate entities.

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... and works with institutional clients, including international and European distributors of managed funds, European pension funds and Australian institutions. Under the agreement, MIR's John Beggs and Kenny Tjan become the chief executive officer and ...

MSCI risk model targets volatility

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... provider of investment decision support tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... tracking error in combination with persistent excess returns is necessary to address the diluted level of active risk pension funds are carrying. Recent research conducted by US headquartered manager Neuberger Berman found the second and third quartile ...

Private debt market imbalance to last years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... sustained demand for LBO debt, a likely new source of capital will be the large institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies and corporates which are expected to initiate or expand their exposure to the asset class." "With the turbulence ...

More infra investors going direct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... through listed funds, they noted. Preqin said 23% of these largest global infrastructure investors are public sector pension funds, 16% are asset managers and 12% are insurance companies. The remaining 49% are private institutions and other arms of government. ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... managed. "A company that is using more energy or water per tonne of production is a poorly managed company, leading pension funds globally and in Australia are starting to see that and as a result we are starting to see leading asset owners push down ...