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Plum members avoid switching

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... figure is also in stark contrast to other super funds which have reported significant jumps in members switching from equities to safer asset classes, such as cash and bonds. Meanwhile Momentum, which has also seen an increase of calls from concerned ...

PGI fund placed on FirstChoice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... $189.1 billion in assets primarily for retirement plans and other institutional clients. The firm offers expertise in equities, fixed income and real estate investments as well as specialised overlay and advisory services.

Maritime merger saves $1m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... investment consultant JANA Investment Advisers, has just completed a review of the fund's Australian and international equities managers. The results of the review are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. "Given what's happened in equity markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... shares are likely to fall after another US weekly unemployment claims record raised concerns that the recent rally in equities was too fast. Investor sentiment was also dented by a warning from ratings agency Standard & Poor's that it may downgrade Britain's ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... incorporating sustainability in investments. The country's super fund industry collectively invest $300 billion in Australian equities and $250 billion in international equities. They can wield a big hand on sustainability if they choose to. Bob Welsh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... changed after gains in commodity prices boosts energy producers and miners, mitigating the effect of the declines in equities on Wall Street. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was two points higher at 3,836. ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... tobacco shares and led to the fund introducing a sustainable investment overlay into the fund's $2 billion Australian equities portfolio. Robertson was appointed to the AIST board in 2002 and elected chair in 2007. He was nominated to the UN PRI board ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... Vanguard came out a major winner during that time period, with $140 million and $190 million mandates for Australian equities and international equities respectively. PASL now adopts a 50 per cent Australian equities core and 60 per cent international ...

Plus Capital eyes offshore managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... the firm is currently in talks with three offshore managers and wants to geographically diversify. "In international equities all the big houses are already here and it's hard to say we've got someone that no-ones heard of, whereas in the alternatives ...

No flight to cash at Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
Majority of Equipsuper's members did not switch from equities to the cash option despite the heavy falls in the sharemarket last year, said the fund's chief executive. Robin Burns, who heads up the "hybrid" $4.2 billion fund that hosts both defined ...