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IFM appoints new private equity executive director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has appointed Steven Lipchin to lead its co-investing and direct investing initiatives. The global investment manager expects the appointment to strengthen its private equity capacity. Previously Lipchin was head of private ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
A new surge of pension funds and institutional investors are showing interest in securities lending, said Paul Wilson, global head of client management & sales for trading services J.P. Morgan. Today's macro economic climate has left investors looking ...

AMP infra fund takes 49% airport stake

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
AMP Capital's Strategic Infrastrucure Trust of Europe (SITE) has purchased a 49% stake in NIAL Group Limited, the owner of Newcastle airport in England. AMP Captial purchased its stake from Copenhagen Airports A/S. Seven UK local authorities will retain ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
The 100 largest US-based public pensions face a funding deficit of $1.2 trillion, $300 billion more than the pension providers have reported themselves, according to a new study by Milliman. The consulting and actuarial firm's first Public Pension Funding ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... report said the nations gains in the overall index value have primarily resulted from an increase in the level of pension fund assets and a rise in the labour force participation rate amongst those aged 55-64. The results also showed that Denmark received ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Murdoch replaced as chairman are the US-based Christian Brothers Investment Services and Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum. They have drafted a resolution calling for an independent chairman, for shareholders to vote on at the October 16 meeting. ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Towers Watson expands Microsoft agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Global professional services company Towers Watson has broadened the terms of its agreement with Microsoft to adapt some software applications, develop new processes for risk-based modelling applications and increase use of cloud computing. Mark Beardall ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... despite having the highest weighting to equities, reveals new research from the OECD. Denmark was the top performing pension fund nation during calendar year 2011 earning an average of 12.1%, Netherlands was second with 8.2%, Australia was third on 4.1% ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Since its inception a year ago specifically to maximise returns for zero tax payers such as pension funds and charities, Plato Investment Management Limited (Plato) has delivered an attractive 9.5% income yield (inclusive of franking credits) within ...