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China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
They're still debating the cliff over yonder on Wall Street. And the headlines remain full of it - deal is close... no, it's not. And so it will be until the midnight hour when both sides of the US political divide shake hands, agree to kick the problem ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
While developing an internal investment team sounds like an easy way to save fees, it's a complex governance switch that funds must understand and carefully plan. "When you bring investments in-house you turn manager 'agency risk' into a HR (human resource) ...

CheckRisk LLP announces new CEO

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... management in investment strategies and events since mid-2008 have only reinforced this concern," said Carroll a former pension fund and funds management expert. "CheckRisk recognises the importance of Australia and the Asian region for its client development ...

Citi appoints Sherry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... its securities and fund services division. Based in Australia, Sherry will have a regional role supporting Citi's pension fund clients in Asia Pacific. Stephen Roberts, chief country officer for Citi in Australia, said: "Sherry joins a team with local ...

Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Overseas fund flows into Australia have increased since the government changed tax laws in 2010, a study has shown. The two year study was commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and The Trust Company to find out if there had been an increase ...

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 ...