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High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... high-fee core infrastructure funds that currently dominate the sector. Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction and diversity at Watson Wyatt in Australia, put it bluntly when he said high fees - including high management fees of 1 to 2 per cent, fees ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... would allow buyers to dictate prices, has so far failed to materialise. Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction and diversity at Watson Wyatt in Australia, said: "We remain relatively cautious about investing in secondaries. Many potential sellers ...

Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... helpful." Nelson Lam, head of investments at Ascalon, said Helix Partners fulfils as asset class gap and style that adds diversity to Ascalon's portfolio of boutiques. "This transaction sends a clear signal that Ascalon is actively reviewing opportunities ...

Heffron and Martin joins Cooper Review

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... superannuation, investment banking and financial services sectors. "These appointments will add further strength and diversity to the review panel, which will comprehensively examine our superannuation system," said Chris Bowen, the Minister for Financial ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... evolving our investment governance in light of the substantial growth in assets under our stewardship and the increasing diversity of legalsuper's investment portfolio," he said. Legalsuper has more than 25 per cent of its members invested outside the ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... Seniors Association, said in any case that arguing about the retirement age is only part of the problem because the "diversity of population and the extent of population change meant something had to be done. But the retirement age is only part of the ...

AllianceBernstein wins Treasury mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... smaller asset managers, this time from applicants with less than US$2 billion under management. This is to "ensure a diversity of service providers of different sizes and ownership", said the Treasury. The Treasury anticipates completing this second ...

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... O'Brien believes that both retail and institutional investors will start viewing G-REITs as the stronger sector to provide diversity and higher returns. "What we've seen over the last three years is [super funds] increasingly transitioning their AREIT ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... March in Sydney include Gareth Abley, Head of Investment Consulting, MLC; Ross Barry, Head of Portfolio Construction and Diversity (Australia), Watson Wyatt and Simon Doyle, Head of Fixed Income & Multi-Asset, Schroder Investment Management. Rounding ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... the fund has been attracting "a lot of interest" by institutional investors in particular, with high liquidity levels, diversity and minimal investment losses topping their reasons for investing with the fund. More recently, the fund won an investment ...