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HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... distributes the investment products and services of Lighthouse Investment Partners to its investors, including global pension funds.

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... these ranks to funds in its annual global survey to measure the real level of material risk and action. "Members of pension funds deserve to know where their fund sits in the marketplace in terms of managing climate risk. This sort of window-dressing ...

Dutch pension fund set for major reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that the government, employers and unions had reached agreement, which will result in pension funds having more freedom to choose their investments. Pension funds will have more capacity to invest in riskier assets, placing ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... deliver emerging market debt was a key component of the deal. McKinnon noted that while a lot of Canadian and European pension funds are invested in emerging market debt, it remains a relatively undeveloped part of the global fixed income space in Australia. ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... ratings to objectively identify companies they may wish to engage with as part of their stewardship responsibilities. "Pension funds naturally have a long-term focus. With the introduction of the Stewardship Code this is highly topical as there is a ...

Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... from investors, particularly those looking for a long term asset class to match their liability profile such as pension funds and insurance companies." In March 2011 the Fund completed a sale leaseback of a Boeing B737-800 aircraft on lease with Australia's ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... to plough $10bn into property, wholesale $1 billion, private investors $1.5 billion, A-REITs $1.5 billion, Asian pension funds $2 billion with a further $6 billion will come from debt. The high cost of borrowing for property investments does remain a ...

Europe to follow Australian sustainability lead

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... briefing increased awareness in the UK pensions industry that responsible investment is now the norm for Australian pension funds." According to UKSIF, in Europe the total SRI assets under management increased from a,-2.7 trillion to a,-5 trillion in ...

Inflation fears raise appeal of alternative assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... or "Agriculture" as an asset class," said Dr Laib. Several global events are pushing institutional investors and pension funds towards alternatives including the significant volatility during the GFC resulting in a move for lower correlation to private ...

Converging techniques give investors more options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... visiting Australia last week. Pushing this has been a loss of faith in fund of hedge fund products, particular by pension funds. It has resulted in them going direct to managers to assemble the products they are looking for, he said. This more deliberate ...