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Principal Global Investors nabs leadership awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) has been awarded two 2013 Pension Fund Perception Programme Awards. The awards are given out by Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine and recognise asset managers rated highest by their pension fund clients. The ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
New reforms announced by US President Obama to abolish the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) will create a substantial opportunity for direct property and infrastructure investors, according to Russell Investments. Under current rules ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The second largest investor in the Vietnamese stock exchange after the Vietnamese government, Dragon Capital, is to meet with 25 family offices in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is the fund manager's third trip to Australia in five years and represents ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Increased regulation of global financial institutions is preventing the recovery from taking root, according to a new report from Standard Life Investments (SLI). While the Edinburgh-based asset manager, which has a growing presence in Australia, is ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Thursday, Leighton said it will sell 70 per cent its telecommunications assets worth $885 million, to a Canadian pension fund. Leighton was up eight cents at $20.70. Wall Street ended lower, with the Dow backpedalling 0.23 per cent.

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... long-term investment goals," commented CalPERS chief investment officer Joseph Dear. CalPERS is the largest public pension fund in the U.S. with approximately $256 billion in assets. The retirement system administers benefits for more than 1.6 million ...

AMP raises $200m for property investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... $200 million for its AMP Capital Shopping Centre fund from Australian institutions and a new mandate from a European pension fund. The investment manager began the capital raising in November 2012. The new equity will assist in funding the $390 million ...

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
One of the UK and US's best selling managed investment funds is now being marketed to Australian institutional investors. The Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has attracted more than $30 billion funds under management ...

Latin American pension funds eye PE

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Regulation governing South American pension funds investing in private equity is becoming less strict, which make it more likely for limited partners in the region to become active investors in the coming years, investment research house Preqin said. ...