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The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
More than 350 Finsuper Division members, a division within AustralianSuper that caters for financial services workers, have taken up the fund's new insurance offer in the 10 days since it launched. The Finsuper Division was created to cater for financial ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

Instinet launches Newport 3

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
US-based electronic trading firm Instinet breaks new ground with the global launch of its "third-generation" trading execution platform and separately, in Australia, the local arm's foray into providing transition management services for super funds. ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The New Zealand government's plans to stop contributions to NZ Super for at least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader ...

Tribeca stays on track

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
Tribeca Investment Partners has received a number of rating upgrades and one of its funds was added to an investment wrap one year after Grant Samuel Funds Management took an equity stake in the firm. David Aylward, chief executive at Tribeca Investment ...

AustralianSuper hires Inalytics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper's selected multi managers may need to refine their processes after the super fund hired research consultancy firm Inalytics to assess the skills of the underlying fund managers. Amanda Field, managing director at Inalytics, said AustralianSuper ...

Hillross selects Macq platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has added another investment platform to the group's suite. Hillross selected the Definitive Wrap Solution platform, a version of the Macquarie Wrap, after a six-month trial with one of the group's advisory ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management, AMP Capital Investors and ING Management received more than $5.5 million worth of government grants to make the firms' invested properties more sustainable. The grants were awarded last week as part of the ...

CAAM eyes credit and currency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is shifting the firm's global fixed income strategy's emphasis from specific country exposure to a sector based strategy that targets credit securities and currency plays. CAAM Global Bond fund's recently released ...