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Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... represent in the valuations of the companies analysed," said Donohue. Global sovereign wealth, major public funds and asset managers with around $22 trillion of AUM have already committed to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing programme.

Offshore fund managers tap Northern Trust

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... expertise of global custody provider Northern Trust. "We have received great interest from European and US global asset managers chasing super dollars down here, those markets are under funded while our super system with nine per cent, and possibly 12 ...

IAS pools $650m in managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... investment managers including Financial Clarity, Henderson Maxwell Private Wealth Management and DFS with professional asset managers such as Hyperion and Bennelong. Since 2007, IAS has specialised in implementing discretionary portfolios services for ...

MLC program attracts new planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... Advice Excellence, which targets professionals already working in a similar field such as bankers, lawyers and asset managers, is a four-day course that compliments individuals in the process of gaining their RG146 qualifications and want to make the ...

Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... survey, which took place in January 2011, featured 461 senior executives from around the world, of which 108 were asset managers. Others came from banks, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms.

IGCC launches climate risk survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... around 250 institutional investors worldwide, including Australia in mid-January, in particular asset owners and asset managers. It will assess investment practices relating to climate change and provide a framework on how investors take account of climate ...

Macq gives update on US arm

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
Homegrown fund manager, Macquarie Funds Group, now among the largest Australian-based asset managers after it bought US-based fund manager Delaware in January last year, gives an optimistic update on its overall wealth management business. According ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... alternative asset products. Combined with an increased focus on operational costs this trend has put growing pressure on asset managers to reduce the complexity of their products and lower their fees in the already pricey alternatives arena," said Divyesh ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... US$7 billion in assets under management to Nikko, pushing the firm into the upper echelons of the world's largest asset managers. Prior to its recent acquisition spree, a survey by Towers Watson had Nikko ranked 113th in a list of the world's top 500 ...

Liquidnet taps Malaysian equities

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... has expanded its trading operations to include listed securities in Malaysia. Liquidnet, which brings together asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders and portfolio managers, among others, started trading ...