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Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... both segregated account and mutual fund formats and available to Australian investors, received praise from Professional Pensions for its outperformance against its benchmark since inception. The fund, which is available to Australian investors, lost ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... the Specialist and Alternative Investment Management Awards (SAIMA), sponsored by the UK-based publication Professional Pensions. The US manager managed to beat finalists AXA Rosenberg, Barclays Global Investors, Invesco, Nicholas Applegate Capital Management ...

Pensions deficit hits US firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Mega US companies must reassess their risk management strategy and revise profit expectations after pension plans losses turn a $90 billion surplus into a $420 billion deficit, according to Mercer. According to Mercer's research, the S&P 1500 defined ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... absolute return products, according to a new survey. A JPMorgan Asset Management survey found almost 70 per cent of Japanese pensions said they would cut their domestic equity allocation and increase their allocation to alternative assets. Japan's pension ...

AMP hit by lower discretionary contributions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... contributions in the last three months compared to the same time last year. According to AMP, total retail super and pensions/annuities inflows fell a hefty 43 per cent to $1.68 billion in Q3 2008 compared to $2.95 billion in the corresponding 2007 quarter. ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... Colonial First State, Macquarie Bank Group and AMP were among Australia's funds management firms to be included in the Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 rankings last year. Among the top 500, 15 Australian managers made the cut, making up ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... Pension Reform, outlines a series of policy and tactical options the IA said the government could consider in its current pensions review and in the Henry Taxation Review. "What we believe should be the purpose of the system is important in how we design ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... over a year period is too low, particularly for defined contribution pension schemes. "This is a low number given the Pensions Regulator highlighted back in April 2007 the imperative need for those involved in running DC plans to understand the risks ...

Statewide confirms Bravura deal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
The $2.1 billion Statewide super fund has entered a formal agreement with Bravura to implement its Sonata Pensions and Investment software. Statewide has commenced the implementation of the pensions and investments software, but the development and ...

Aussie super funds lead pension growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Fund are some of the fastest growing in the world, rising at an average compound annual growth rate of 17 per cent. The Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt global 300 ranking study found that while Australian super funds accounted for only two per cent ...