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Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Contango Asset Management's institutional clients have been topping up their small cap investment mandates as the sector's benchmark returned 63 per cent in the year to February. David Stevens, managing director at Contango Asset Management, said more ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
It's times like these that those who want to spook the market have their moment. A time when investors are anxiously gnawing on their fingers waiting for the final verdict. That verdict of course is that one single number contained in the US Non-farm ...

Lazard Japan appoints former JPMorgan head

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Lazard Japan Asset Management beefs up its Japanese operations with the appointment of Keiichi Miki, former head of JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) for eight years, as its new head. As representative director, Miki takes on the chief executive role ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed Andrew Phillips as director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Prior to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
In a seminal move, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned financial advisers from accepting commissions for recommending a product from 2012. The FSA also ruled that financial advice firms must be upfront about how much they charge for their ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has poured over $1 billion into various global fund managers following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

Asgard spends big on platform upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
BT Financial Group-owned Asgard has spent more money on its investment platforms in the past 18 months than ever as part of a strategy that will see its Master Trust, Elements and eWrap platforms move under the one administration platform. Wayne Wilson ...

Platinum snubs US healthcare reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
US healthcare reforms have not had a material impact on Platinum Asset Management's International Health Care fund portfolio, as the fund continue to target pharmaceutical stocks that benefit from Asia's growth. Bianca Elzinger, fund manager at Platinum ...