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TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... monitor its UN PRI programme. Sam Stubbs, TOWER Investments chief executive, said signing the UN PRI should lead to superior returns for our customers and KiwiSavers. "Adopting these principles means that we are serious about putting responsible and ...

Aon signs UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... social and governance (ESG) issues in investment decision-making and ownership practices, thereby improving the long-term returns to beneficiaries. Becoming a signatory formalises Aon's Investment Consulting group's use of the PRI framework in determining ...

Legalsuper boosts 'pure cash' with Macq index

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... Macquarie's True Index Cash fund. The super fund's chief executive Andrew Proebstl said the move came about following negative returns generated by the fund's enhanced cash manager, Perennial. "Many members didn't think that an enhanced [cash] option ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... on the trends of the market downturn, the Winton Global Alpha Fund has rewarded investors with a hefty 23.5 per cent in returns over a one year period. The Winton Global Alpha Fund, open to financial advisers and institutional investors in Australia ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... practices and reinvestment programs. It found that that nearly one in two will review their policies to evaluate whether the returns from these programs are worth the risks post sub-prime. "The credit crisis served as a difficult reminder that there ...

Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

... important to note that underlying Australia's RMBS markets are high quality assets and it is expected that once some normality returns to the market this will assist in accumulating demand for RMBS and restoring this funding channel." The Australian ...

QIC favours endowment funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... investing... much more keeping with long term investment strategies which is what we're after." Ryder attributed stable returns, a good mix of alternative and absolute return investments and access to private equity partnerships as the main factors driving ...

QIC fixed interest bucks trend

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... control risk," said QIC managing director of active management, Susan Buckley. "The GFI team has generated strong absolute returns for our clients with no meaningful correlation to the major asset classes. "The structure also allows for great flexibility ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
US funds with a high private equity exposure have come out tops of the investment returns league, new figures show. A recent survey by Northern Trust indicate that players with heavy diversification strategies, particularly those who favoured private ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Hiscock. Instead, in the best case scenario, Hiscock is optimistic that the sector will be able to yield up to 20 per cent returns within the next five years. "It depends on a number of factors. The credit markets will need to re-establish themselves ...