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CalPERS returns 12.5pc in 2010

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year, pushing its assets under management to US$225.7 billion. While the returns mark the second straight calendar year of double-digit gains for CalPERS, they came in below the 15 per cent return achieved ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... stock in the best sector. Relative bets versus the market is not our game, we look to pick stocks and generate absolute returns." Griffin said that K2 is 'reasonably well hedged' against the strength in the Australian dollar. "Over the last six month,s ...

Related party asset exposures pose conflict: report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... employees of the organisation - that model basically sets up conflicts of interest. "You could argue that that was fine if the returns were better, but they're not," she said, quoting 10-year performance figures. Rainmaker research shows the not-for-profit ...

Insync hires senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... four, as the fund manager continues its focus on investing in more consumer discretionary and healthcare stocks to deliver returns this year. Desmond has over 16 years experience in global and emerging market equities. Prior to Seilern where he managed ...

AvSuper awards mandate to IFP

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... our investment advisers, JANA," said Griffiths. IFP is an international equities manager that aims to provide investment returns while minimising business and valuation risk, using the purchase of franchise businesses as their tool. The manager seeks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, as Wall Street returns to work from a long weekend. Equities indices generally were higher, as were precious metals and copper. Oil was down slightly. On the ASX 24 at ...

Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Active Australian share managers had a poor year, underperforming the ASX300 by an average 0.6 per cent, but there were still some shining lights in 2010, a new survey by Mercer has found. One such light is Continuum Capital Partners 'aggressive strategy'. ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets, they usually look to emerging market equities. But for risk-adjusted returns, emerging market debt might be a better way to go. These are the views of Bruce Murphy, managing director of BNY Mellon Asset ...

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... from super funds to regulators and fund managers. For instance, is the trustee's duty purely to maximise risk adjusted returns, and should ESG factors be explicitly included in regulatory guidance. And despite good progress made in increasing the awareness ...

UBS strengthens fixed income team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... team is a newly-created client-facing role where he will execute strategy development of the Australian business. Blair returns to UBS after senior roles in a number of prominent fixed income fund managers, most recently with BlackRock and Barclays Global ...