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Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
A survey of institutional investors worldwide found they expect to increase their exposure to alternative investments by 5 per cent to 19 per cent, on average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional ...

H3 Global hits $250m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
H3 Global Advisors is ramping up its push to attract more super fund mandates after tipping over the $250 million under management mark. Mathew Kaleel, director at H3 Global Advisors, said the hedge fund manager won a $30 million mandate with Local ...

Aviva Investors mines Asia for mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Aviva Investors Australia is expanding aggressively into the Asian market to plug the $4.4 billion hole left by the sale of Aviva Australia's insurance to NAB/MLC. Craig Bingham, chief executive at Aviva Investors Asia Pacific, said the firm is working ...

Wilson HTM targets SMSF sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
Wilson HTM Investment Group's financial advisory arm is targeting the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector to attract more business and assessing opportunities to develop their own financial products. Chris Saunders, who joined Wilson HTM more than ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has created a team to focus solely on buying other financial planning practice books ahead of the expected regulatory changes that could result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial ...

Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Wingate Group has ramped up its efforts to oust the board of Everest Financial Group ahead of the annual general meeting next week. In a letter to shareholders, Wingate insists the Everest board should be removed because of litigation issues, excessive ...

Investec eyes EM debt, record inflows

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Greek government has agreed to freeze wages and pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...