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Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... government's move to potentially have direct share ownership in the banks bailed out during last year's crisis could dilute the returns of sovereign wealth funds and pensions funds that hold stake in US finance stocks. This week the US government, in ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office after being appointed managing director of the Asia Pacific region. He reports ...

REST ramps up credit exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... investment mandates came from the fund's cash flow. "These investments present the prospect for attractive, equity like returns for our members over a three to five year investment timeframe," he said. "We already had an exposure to Credit Suisse through ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... investment policy in 2008 with a target 3 per cent allocation of assets, or $11.2 billion in infrastructure. The target returns is a net 5 per cent above inflation over 5 years. In Canada, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) for ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... stategy and will be looking "very closely" at the economic settings and their impacts on the fund. "We will see where returns lie and position people's strategy for opportunities that are presented. "But we won't change our overall investment strategy," ...

Tyndall share fund wins four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... portfolio is stable and very experienced. Investors should be aware that this is an equity fund, and should expect equity-like returns and volatility," said S&P funds services analyst Shane Brereton.

Aviva and Legg Mason hire more BDMs

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Tyley and Davina Poletto as business development managers while Legg Mason appointed Lia Gunawan to a similar role. Tyley returns to Aviva after travelling around Europe. Before his stint at Aviva, Tyley worked at Professional Investment Services (PIS) ...

A centre for managed futures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... drawing investor attention to SuperAlphaFund 1 and the managed funds sector in general. "It's a sector that provides the returns that it promises," he said.

Tracking hedge fund fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... said Ivey. These factors combine to give investors a better understanding on the remuneration, operations, and of course, returns, to investors. Last month, AIMA launched a hedge fund booklet last month for financial planners, advisers and 'mum and dad' ...

Fin services escapes consumer law reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... introduce controversial consumer disclosure initiatives such as its proposal to report super fund 'whole of fund' investment returns on the APRA website. Critics have argued these consumer objectives would be better addressed by ASIC. The regulatory ...