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Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... historic track record and promised yields and into the underlying properties and changing market outlook for each asset class. For example, while the commercial property sector has been the strongest-performing asset class over the past decade, Cruikshank ...

Pengana launches global volatility fund

... will manage the fund's underlying strategy. Wilkinson believes that volatility is a measure of uncertainty and is an asset class in itself. "Some large investment banks use volatility trading strategies to generate significant revenues, and now this ...

CSRF doubles international equity holding

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... best possible returns in their retirement savings through continual review of holdings across every fund manager and asset class." Cantor also flagged a review of CSRF's defensive asset portfolio in September, coinciding with the completion of the international ...

Awash with water funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... population growth, environmental concerns and agricultural demand, is transforming water management into a new alternative asset class, according to New Zealand based fund manager Liontamer Investments. Liontamer said the problem, and the investment ...

Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... capital fund, Ha said there was a "distinct need for the Australian institutions to continue building the alternative asset class." He said Korea continued to garner interest from the Australian institutional investors, super funds and their consultants ...

ABN AMRO gives investors new Elixir

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
ABN AMRO has released its new Elixir II structured product, offering retail investors access to overweight portfolios of various global asset classes, enhanced participation returns and a 100 per cent capital guarantee. Designed to meet demands from ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Victorian-based public sector fund ESS Super has joined the ranks of mega super funds AustralianSuper, UniSuper and ARIA when it signed up to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment. ESS Super chief executive officer David Atkin said ...

Look before you leap

Investors looking to switch fund managers due to the market turmoil should look beyond performance tables and understand the CGT implications of moving their assets, according to finance expert Michael Hutton. Hutton, a financial planning partner with ...

US securitisation provisions cost Mariner Bridge

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Mariner Bridge yesterday announced a full year net profit of $4.1 million, offset by a $10.4 million provision for the company's investments in the US securitisation market. Including a further $5 million provision for 2008, Mariner will have now written ...

US investors receive $312m from Fair Fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... the Qwest Fair Fund. The Qwest Fair Fund is being administered by Gilardi & Co, one of the largest full service mass and class action notice and claims administrators in the US and signifies a much more aggressive attitude to investor compensation that ...