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SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Ex- Rubicon investment managers Antonio Meroni and Tony Wolfe's have brought more than just their expertise to Pengana when they joined in May - they have also ferried across some of Rubicon's largest global institutional investors keen for a slice ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... 4.5 billion pound share issue and the London Stock Exchange gaining on talk of a partnership with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,666.1 points, up 31.4 or 0.56 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6,617.84 points, up 81.78 ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Leading wealth management and capital markets firm, Merrill Lynch, has appointed Fares Noujaim to global head of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), as the sector's importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... national infrastructure projects, if yet another Budget leak is to be believed. Modelled on the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Building Australia Fund (BAF) could skyrocket the government into Australia's number one investment manager. Rainmaker ...

Sovereigns in a league of their own

Assets in sovereign wealth funds are set to grow to more than $18.4 trillion in 10 years, according to Morgan Stanley data, with Australia's Future Fund making the top ten list by fund size. Fears that sovereign funds could potentially overstep their ...

Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Lazard Asset Management has appointed Henry Choon as managing director in business development and marketing for Asia, excluding Japan. Choon has more than 15 years experience in Asian funds management and prior to this appointment worked at Lehman ...

Super funds commit 6pc to private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Australia's largest superannuation funds have boosted their commitment to private equity investment from 4.5 per cent to 6 per cent of total assets over a three year period, according to a University of New South Wales (UNSW) survey. Conducted by UNSW ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned countries against enforcing greater foreign investment restrictions because it could negatively affect domestic economic growth. To address national security issues such as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... cent, posting a six-week closing high as market sentiment improved after a newspaper reported that China's sovereign wealth fund planned to buy as much as $10 billion in Japanese stocks. The Nikkei average rose 3.1 per cent or 414.11 points to end at ...