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Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Advani said SWFs are one of the fastest growing asset pools in the world and could rival the total worldwide pool of pension funds in size within five years. Smart has more than 20 years experience in sovereign funds and most recently was executive vice ...

Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... spurt a decent 5.7 per growth - bringing total assets to $6.4 trillion. According to the latest annual IPE Top 1000 Pension Funds supplement, which assesses the assets under management of the top 750 continental European pension funds, the growth in ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... found that while Australian super funds accounted for only two per cent of the total assets of the world top 300 pension funds, the figure has doubled in a year. State Super, Future Fund, Australian Super, UniSuper, Qsuper, PSS/CSS, FSS-NSW, REST, Hesta ...

CARE Super closes cap guaranteed option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... Guaranteed Fund closed its doors to new investments. The capital guaranteed option in both the CARE industry and pension funds were shut last Friday. According to a statement on the CARE Super website, the fund will not accept further contributions into ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... equities, according to John O'Shaughnessy, IFSA deputy chief executive. He said the arrangement would make it easier US pension funds and mutual funds to invest in Australia and vice versa. The agreement is another example of the government's commitment ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
More than 45 per cent of major US pension funds and endowments are reviewing their securities lending programs after a number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year. This year financial services firm Greenwich Associates ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... plans by two or three years." The acquisition also allows BlackRock and Impact Investing to better service global pension funds wanting to manage more assets internally. Fortin said for these clients they have "componentised" special modules that focus ...

CFA decorates Ambachtsheer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... Pensions Crisis, which detailed a new pension design called The Optimal Pension System (TOPS) last year. He also wrote Pension Funds and the Bottom Line in 1986 and co authored Pension Fund Excellence - Creating Value for Stakeholders with Don Ezra in ...

Vanguard appoints Asia MD

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... Masters degree in financial engineering. Vanguard serves a range of leading financial institutions in Asia, including pension funds, governments and companies. Jon Robinson has led Vanguard's entry into Asia since joining in 2003. Robinson will work ...

PSS deploys Acurity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... and Pillar Adminsitration. According to Financial Synergy, PSS is one of Australia's oldest defined benefit and pension funds and has a very complex set of rules. "We decided to transition the fund onto a leading, robust superannuation system that fully ...