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Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... "There's a strategy in place which is targeting very dominant, fortress-type, large format retail acquisitions in the UK market. [There is] a weekly or fortnightly pipeline discussion of what we think hits the return requirements of the AustralianSuper ...

GARS added to BT Wrap platform

HARRY PAGE, MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Standard Life Investments' flagship multi-asset absolute return fund is now available on the BT Wrap platform. Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) was established in the UK in 2006. The multi-asset strategy aims to provide positive returns irrespective ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market has opened flat after already adjusting to the news of unrest in Ukraine. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market was the first to move on Monday to news that Ukraine was on the brink of war with Russia ...

Get longevity risk right on DLAs, warns APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... DLA providers' longevity risk calculations, in addition to investment, reinvestment and underwriting risks. "In the UK market, the industry has regularly underestimated longevity risk, and this has cost it dearly," Laughlin said. He said that increases ...

Praemium returns to growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Platform provider and portfolio administrator Praemium has posted net profits of $4.4 million, after recording a loss of $3.9 million last year. Overall the company's revenue grew by 8%, or approximately $1 million, reaching $14 million. Chief executive ...

IRESS acquires UK software firm Avelo

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... current IRESS UK managing director Mark Thelwell will be responsible for the positioning of its XPLAN software in the UK market.

Standard Life Inv GARS manager in shock exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... multi-asset investing and fixed income at the firm, Munro was instrumental in developing the strategy behind one of the UK market's fastest selling investments of recent years. Since its launch in 2006 and under the stewardship of Munro, the GARS fund ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Amanie Australian Islamic Finance Forum will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 16 April. Amanie Advisors Australia has recently become one of the first specialist Shariah advisory bodies to be granted an AFSL licence this country. ...

Second UK client for IRESS

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... selection of IRESS and XPLAN by Towry is important as it underlines the competitiveness and relevance of XPLAN in the UK market, and continues our progress in the region," he said. The technology provider this morning announced its full year results ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Global demand for Sukuk is forecast to triple from US$300 billion to US$900 billion by 2017, according to recently released estimates from Ernst & Young. Conventional institutions are increasingly demanding Shari'a compliant securities alongside Islamic ...