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Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... with," he said. The numbers speak for themselves. Investec's African listed equities fund posted a high 63.3 per cent in returns since its inception in 2005, against a benchmark of 9.2 per cent. The firm's Pan African fund, which includes South Africa ...

Moment of truth

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... week's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) luncheon to discuss how to explain the market's negative returns to members. But before the discussion turned to member communication, several speakers concurred that the elephant in the room ...

DWS hedge offers daily liquidity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... Long/Short Equity - and many sub-strategies in around 15-35 hedge funds from around the world. This fund has achieved positive returns in 80 per cent of months since its inception with an annual return rate of 7.96 per cent. "Fund-of-hedge funds are ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... received a 'recommended' rating from Lonsec and Zenith. The fund targets a 50 per cent gearing level to magnify investment returns, meaning for every dollar of unit holder assets, the same amount is borrowed. The fund borrows at institutional rate that ...

Everest B&B wins $200m Sunsuper mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... represented the firm's first Australian institutional mandate. "Sunsuper has been successful at delivering very competitive returns for its members over a long period of time and Everest Babcock & Brown has also achieved attractive risk-adjusted returns ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... costs)," he said. This means corporate profits have passed their peak and the outlook for share price growth and investor returns is now very conservative. "With downside risks to economic growth having increased, investment returns are likely to be ...

Ascalon buys 50pc stake in Sigrun

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... in financial services. "The investment team at Sigrun has a three year track record of delivering strong risk adjusted returns in managing long only Australian equities in a high conviction style," said Basile. Lam said the firm tracked Sigrun's performance ...

Super fund reporting to go online: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... certain conditions are satisfied. One condition is that super funds give members information about medium and long-term returns with the period statement," noted ASIC in a statement. The second piece of work is a regulatory guide aimed at improving investor ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... Investments in Australia. "This is reflected in a number of market trends including the focus on risk adjusted excess returns and demand for absolute return and high conviction strategies," she said. The research-driven portfolio holds 45 stocks that ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... of the end of March this year. Private equity remains one of TRS's top performing asset classes, producing 23 percent returns over the one-year and three-year reporting periods ending March 31 and producing a nearly 20 percent return over the past 10 ...