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Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Barclays Global Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Ipac joins the fray of fund managers that are eyeing opportunities in debt securities - opening a new portfolio this year that is dedicated entirely to the asset class. According to Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac which had $12 billion ...

UK pensions seek to award $400m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with international equities expertise should pay attention to three UK pension funds, which are looking to dish out more than $400 million in international shares and index-linked gilts mandates. England's Falkirk Council is ...

Bigger doesn't always mean better

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Having a large portfolio with hundreds of companies doesn't always generate the best diversification as the GFC has proven - sparking a time to revisit concentrated portfolio strategies to reap better returns, said Aberdeen Asset Management. For Andrew ...

Fudge this

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
They're not the kind of words you'd normally see in an internal email, let alone a listed company's announcement to shareholders - a New Zealand company is under fire to explain why the words "fudge this" appeared in its corporate accounts. Market regulators ...

VicSuper sponsors Energise Enterprise

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
The $6.1 billion VicSuper is putting its weight behind small Victorian businesses by sponsoring the Energise Enterprise festival for the month of August. VicSuper, in a statement on its website, said it was sponsoring the festival which is taking place ...

Walsh takes up IRESS reins

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Andrew Walsh, current head of IRESS' wealth management division, has been appointed managing director of the tech firm and will assume duties before the end of 2009. Walsh has been selected by IRESS' board to succeed Peter Dunai, the current managing ...

Macquarie enters China JV

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has established a trust company joint venture in mainland China - the second JV in less than a week following its recent deal with Middle Eastern investment bank, Gulf Finance House. The Chinese JV, which will be called Sino-Australian ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with a focus on Asia should pay attention to the $160 billion Temasek Holdings, which recently flagged a new charter that would open its mandate book to more Asian and emerging markets fund managers. The Singaporean sovereign ...

Vision and Quadrant to co-invest

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Tasmania's $450 million Quadrant Super is pooling its investments with the $4 billion Vision Super - a move that will see the smaller fund tap bigger investment opportunities through better economies of scale. Quadrant Super, which has been in talks ...