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AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... terminated a $17.5 million investment with the Morgan Stanley Global Property Securities Fund. "We feel we'll get better returns by allocating the proceeds to international equities," said Griffiths. Fauchier Partners' Absolute Return Trust has over ...

Rising tide lifts hedge funds in September

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... - emerging markets and long/short equity were the most profitable strategies in September, both with near 4.3 per cent returns. These returns sit well below the returns of the S&P500, which surged 8.9 per cent over the course of the month, the best performance ...

AXA IM gains more from European property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
The time is ripe for investors to boost their allocation into European property, with likely returns as high as 30 per cent as the sector comes out of one of the worst periods for global real estate. Kiran Patel, global head of research and strategy ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... previously offered inflation protection via tailored mandates for clients. The fund, which aims to deliver inflation plus returns with significantly less volatility than traditional approaches such as inflation-linked bonds, will target returns of the ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... de-pegging of the RMB from the US dollar, the Chinese currency is expected to appreciate over the short term, strengthening returns for foreign investors.

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... week, the Industry Super Network (ISN) called for retail super funds to rule out any reporting method for superannuation returns which does not disclose the true costs of fund administration or ongoing advice fees or commissions to fund members and consumers. ...

Funds should show benefit projections: IAA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... living in retirement," said Melinda Howes, chief executive of the Institute of Actuaries. On how to calculate investment returns, more than 90 per cent said assumptions for these should be standardised across the industry. When it came to setting fee ...

Good vintage yields strong returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... syndicators are in the market looking for homes for mandates up to and in some cases in excess of $1 billion as confidence returns," said David Harrison, managing director of Charter Hall, who suggested that retail investors take advantage of the reduced ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... non-listed assets located in the Eurozone. It aims to deliver target yields of 5 per cent and target internal rate of returns of 15 per cent. Antin Infrastructure Partners has already made four investments for an aggregate amount of $342 million in Euroports ...