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Implemented Portfolios launches 'unique' super IMA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... (36%) of the Top 100 alternative managers' assets. Wealth managers followed with 19%, then insurance companies (9%), sovereign wealth funds (6%), banks (5%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (2%). Dougherty added: "The on-going economic ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... into contraction territory for the first time in 10 months to 49.8 in June from 50.9 in May. The ghost of the European sovereign debt crisis. Portuguese 10-year bond yields soared above 8% and its stock market dropped by 5.3% on the back of renewed political ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... lower than the near 90 reading back in October 2008 or even the spike to a 48 something reading during the European sovereign debt crisis induced fear moment in August of 2011. There'll be more volatility and losses in store for the bond market should ...

Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian investors are moving away from sovereign debt and showing a preference for infrastructure and direct property, the annual Principal Global Investors (PGI) CREATE Report found. The ageing population and a global move by governments and corporates ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... turn, would hit equity markets, raise mortgage rates and hit home prices, raise the US yield differential against other sovereign offerings that would increase the US dollar exchange rate that would reduce exports. The economy weakens. Like I said, # ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... and into both bond and equity investments, and making shifts within their fixed income investments by moving away from sovereign bonds and into high yield corporate debt," Fasso said.

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... where governments are vying to protect their own interests in the face of growing political instability and ongoing sovereign debt concerns. According to Singer, the major players in the eurozone game are the European Central Bank, Germany, France, Italy ...