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AMP Capital forges Japanese alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
AMP Capital Investors has teamed up with Japanese trust bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, significantly growing its presence in Japan. The strategic business and capital alliance will give AMP Capital access to around 80% of Japanese ...

BlackRock appoints ING Asian fixed income head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
BlackRock has appointed Joel Kim, who joins from ING Investment Management, as head of Asia-Pacific fixed income. Kim will be based in Singapore, working closely with the global fixed income team to develop the Asian platform. He will also contribute ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
Gold, silver and US Treasury bonds are all psychological asset classes that will eventually burn investors, according to a chief investment strategist. James Swanson, chief investment strategist, MFS Investment Management told Financial Standard that ...

Christian Super joins Government to seed community fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Christian Super has teamed up with the Australian Government to provide financing for a new $20 million social enterprise investment fund. Brisbane based Foresters Community Finance will manage the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF) ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Institutions are seeking direct and customised hedge fund investments in favour of commingled fund of hedge funds, as the alternative asset class attempts to reinvent itself. A new report from State Street, Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation ...

BNP Paribas return to defensive fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
BNP Paribas Investment Partners wants fixed income to return to a defensive asset class, launching a fixed income capability in Australia, and moving away from its previous equity-like status. The global asset manager has launched the BNP Paribas Asset ...

AMP senior shuffle

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... with her family for personal reasons. Standard & Poor's Fund Services has now placed the AMP Capital Asian Equity Gr - Class A fund 'On Hold' following notification of Wilson's planned departure. Meanwhile, Ella Brown will join AMP Capital in late July ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Superannuation funds could have a say in the future of Charter Hall Office REIT's $2 billion Australian portfolio if a trio of US hedge funds continues to agitate for a sale. Charter Hall Office REIT has confirmed that it will sell 100 per cent of the ...

Calls for more investors in Great Southern class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Thousands of investors are anticipated to come forward in the class action against failed agribusiness, Great Southern Managed Investment Schemes. Already some 2,000 investors are part of the case, which returns to court on May 27 seeking further documents ...

Ex UBS managers resurface for Bennelong small caps fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Bennelong Funds Management has joined forces with former UBS portfolio managers John Campbell and Jeremy Bendeich to launch an Australian small caps fund. Campbell and Bendeich, who have been on gardening leave since departing the UBS Small Companies ...