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Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Infrastructure at Colonial First State, said that the $50 billion tag is conservative, as it does not take into account major pension funds. "All they (UBS) are taking account of is the existing players in infrastructure, but that's ignoring big pensions ...

Hungary private pension breakdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Private pension funds are under attack in Hungary after the government announced that all contributions to second-pillar funds would be stopped for the next 14 months and left within the state system. The Hungarian government announced in mid-October ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... magazine, there are 15 Australian fund managers in the top 500 globally, but none in the top 100. A similar survey of pension funds conducted earlier this year had three Australian funds - the Future Fund, AustralianSuper and State Super among the world's ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Kevin Stanley, executive director, global research and consulting at CB Richard Ellis, told Financial Standard that pension funds from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore had been active in the sector. "There are some deals in here from Australian super funds ...

European pension systems under review

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... a Green Paper discussing European pension systems, EU regulation issues and what the future solvency regime for pension funds will involve. The paper, as part of a four-month consultation on European pensions, will discuss pension fund reforms and the ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... countries. In South Africa, for example, pension fund assets are estimated at about one third of GDP. In Chile, pension funds assets are at about two thirds of GDP, while in Australia, super fund assets are about equal to GDP.

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... financial planners can learn from their UK counterparts on socially responsible investing - as British planners, not pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable investment ...

Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... "retirement income" phase, as the baby boomer generation becomes further entrenched in retirement. As a result, many pension funds will have more pensioners than contributors, putting pressure on the reliability of cashflows and testing the mutual models ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged New Jersey with securities fraud for "misrepresenting and ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Competition is heating up among local and international pension funds to tap Australia's direct property market - but investments still abound for opportunistic insto investors, said a global real estate fund manager. Ian Mackie, LaSalle Asia Opportunity ...