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Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... IMF-imposed austerity measures were much the same as what Greece is current going through - economic recession, Indonesia's sovereign credit rating junked, rising unemployment, stock market sell-off, social upheaval and street protests against austerity. ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... that JPM has been making local senior hires in the last few weeks, including a new head of infrastructure and a head of sovereign and institutional. The WSJ said that the redundancies were an effort to improve the bank's efficiency and are part of a ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Norway's Parliament has voted to divest further coal holdings from the country's US$882 billion sovereign wealth fund. Specifically, the country's finance committee will sell ownership in companies with more than a 30% stake in coal-related business. ...

India multi asset fund to list on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... National Stock Exchange (NSE) and managed funds by Kotak Mahindra. Income is achieved via exposure to Government of India sovereign bonds and corporate bonds. The fund will be managed from Singapore by Kotak Mahindra UK, which is part of Kotak Mahindra ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... organisations, non-for profits, unions or industry-wide pension schemes, as well as insurance companies, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Total assets under management of the survey participants were estimated at $2.5 trillion.

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... investment officers, portfolio managers and directors at private and public pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds in America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

King to relaunch Sovereign after Mercer restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Mercer partner Ray King has left the business and will reestablish the alternatives consultancy firm he founded in 2000, Sovereign Investment Research. King told Financial Standard he departed Mercer following the company's acquisition of Strategic Capital ...

JPMAM appoints sovereign and institutional head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed a new head of sovereign and institutional, Asia Pacific ex-Japan. Rachel Farrell was previously head of sovereign and institutional, South and South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and based in Singapore. ...

QIC extends partnership with Northern Trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... with about $72.9 billion in funds under management as of March 2015. Its clients include governments, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and insurers spanning Australia, Europe, Asia, Middle East and the US.

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... in certain sectors. The AODP surveyed the world's 500 largest asset owners, including pension funds, insurance funds, sovereign funds, foundations and endowment funds across five categories: transparency, risk management, low-carbon investment, active ...