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Legg Mason adds SIV funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... represent a significant and rapid new opportunity to any advice firm dealing with overseas clients we were keen to ensure a diversity of options. "These options we believe capture a wide range of risk investor appetites that we expect would be consistent ...

Super funds need more women in senior roles: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... "As major institutional investors, super funds are in a position to put pressure on other businesses to improve gender diversity. But in order to do this, they need to get their own backyard in order first," Wood said. "Targets are the next step for ...

IOOF invests $75m in syndicated loan market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... market has proved inaccessible to non-bank investors due to the considerable capital required to achieve both portfolio diversity and market acceptance from borrowers and banks. Since the global financial crisis (GFC), increased bank funding costs and ...

Grant Samuel reaches milestone with shareholder yield funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... sustainable and can grow," he said. McIntyre said the international element of the funds gives Australian investors more diversity than can be achieved in similarly-designed domestic packages.

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... big concern for European pension funds, which have historically relied on the US alternative fund industry to provide diversity within their portfolios.

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... of quotas in a modern, egalitarian Australia "would prove to be an embarrassment," despite the obvious benefits that diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth of women on boards ...

SelfWealth announces tie up with iShares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... build diversified, liquid and flexible portfolios. "We know that building portfolios that incorporate the breadth and diversity of global opportunities is of great interest to individual investors. However many investors find this difficult to implement. ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Brighton, Pacific Brands and Primary Health Care. The panel debated a host of ESG issues, particularly the need for more diversity on boards, well-articulated policies on dealing with bribery and corruption, and better understanding of climate change ...

SelfWealth provides socially responsible portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... credentials and focused on long term growth. The Infinitas Women's Investment Portfolio features companies demonstrating diversity at board and senior management levels and it also focuses on sustainable income and avoiding speculative risk. "The two ...

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... markets from the Cyprus bailout talks, the impact on Asian bonds has been far less marked," she said. Chan added that diversity of the Asian bond market is giving portfolio managers the scope to pick and choose their investments carefully, boosting the ...