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VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

The public servants' fund of Victoria, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), has been targeted for being invested in Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris. It was reported that Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has come out in defence of ...

Bank of Ireland ploughs private equity ground

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... has announced it has a new arrow in its quiver of boutique businesses, forming a new joint venture with private equity fund of funds manager Paul Capital Partners. Bank of Ireland paid $34 million for a 50 per cent share in the new San Francisco based ...

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

Mercer Global Investment (MGI) announces its arrival into the retail multi-manager (MTM) market space this week after carving its reputation in institutional MTM 10 years ago. Head of MGI Australia and New Zealand, Gary Burke, said that the $78 billion ...

Restructured Fidelity Japan fund rated by S&P

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... ground in Japan," said Davey. Davey added that the fund will have a higher than average tracking error for a Fidelity fund of between 5 and 10 per cent. The fund's benchmark is the TOPIX index and it mainly invests in listed securities on Japan's major ...

Pentacle hits the market with diversified direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... Property Funds Management has announced its arrival and at the same time unveiled its new unlisted diversified property fund of funds with a focus on liquidity. Speaking at the launch, Pentacle and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chairman ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

Superannuation funds are ramping up their fund of hedge funds (FOHF) allocation with IXIS-owned Harris Alternatives reporting an astonishing six-fold increase in funds from $170 million two years ago to $1.17 billion currently. Harris Alternatives is ...

Measure super choice the right way: InvestmentLink

... amount of 'roll-overs', which is when established employees re-direct their super contributions away from the default super fund of their employer. However, to properly track switching, said InvestmentLink, we must also track switching tendencies of ...

S&P rates Pengana "first mover" fund

... fund analyst, Peter Ward, said the fund is an innovative Australian first in the property fund sector. "This is the only fund of its type in Australia to employ hedge fund strategies, and even worldwide there are only a few other managers doing it," ...

RBC Dexia scores FOHF mandate

RBC Dexia Investor Services has been awarded the right to manage the new fund of hedge funds business for PKB Privatbank AG of Switzerland. The role will involve RBC Dexia managing the legal set up, fund administration, compliance, transfer agency and ...

Macquarie property fund touts JV in the OC

Macquarie Office Trust (MOF), a listed property fund of Macquarie Bank, has touted a new joint venture with Californian property group, Maguire Properties, that they say will drive future growth from California. While MOF's 2005 half year results to ...