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US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... found. JPMorgan Asset Management's Next Generation Alternative Investing surveyed 191 US endowments and foundations, corporate plans and public funds and found a strong desire for the asset class. Those surveyed represent more than $1.2 trillion in assets ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Income Group. Beck will manage the multi-sector global fixed income portfolio that invests in government, securitised and corporate sectors. A portion of the portfolio may also tap into high yield, bank loans and emerging market debt. "The Global Aggregate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... worries over the financial health of mortgage-financing firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and lingering concerns about corporate earnings. Shares in the two large mortgage financing firms fell by up to 50 per cent as fears mounted about their financial ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... reinforce the theme of slowing growth due to rising energy and raw material costs and weakening exports and flagging corporate profits. Europe Eurozone industrial production figures for May will be released on Monday. The annual growth in industrial ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... ability to operate at low fees, and they had union trustees, said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The union campaign for employer-paid super became the model for the 9 per cent superannuation guaranteed that today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed 0.12 per cent higher Thursday despite a Wall Street tumble, but worries over US corporate earnings lingered. Real estate shares gained on speculation that land prices are headed higher. Such speculation has been fuelled ...

FPA backs 'advice within super' review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... actively participate in any review of the system, as suggested by Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. "If we need to provide greater clarity to Australians on the various business models that exist, which includes remuneration ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... and will increase public awareness of the availability of this free service," said the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. Jenni Mack, chair of consumer group, CHOICE, echoed this sentiment. "Bringing most of the external ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... 20 years ago, from someone who's been there from the beginning. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, was the chair of the senate committee of superannuation back in 1990 where he presided over the passage of the superannuation ...