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Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... future, we will make certain that our investment banking operations grow by concentrating on serving the needs of institutional and corporate clients, and on maximising synergies with wealth and asset management," they said in a statement. But in an ...

Better beta through fundamental indexing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
Institutional investors can diversify their beta exposure and gain higher returns along the way through fundamental indexing, said Jason Hsu, a director at Research Affiliates, at the IMCA Conference last week. Hsu said that one of the ironies in investors ...

Instos to buy more alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Local institutional investors will continue to pour more money into private equity and real estate, according to a new report on alternative investments. The annual Russell Investments Survey on Alternative Investing report surveyed 326 institutions ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
US-based investment manager First Quadrant has launched Global Macro Trust, which aims to generate returns for institutional investors regardless of market direction. Max Darnell, chief investment officer at First Quadrant, said the global macro return ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Institutional investors have thousands of companies in Australia and overseas bidding for their support and unless companies start taking their governance concerns seriously these investors will vote with their wallets. "Some companies seem to have ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... eXchange (FIX) electronic trading technology. Charles River provides technology systems for 260 investment firms in institutional, banking, hedge fund, wealth management and pension funds. This latest move confirms that the expanding role of pension ...

MGI launches Queen Street Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... Global Investments (MGI) has appointed a Macquarie outsider to head its first venture, Queen Street Partners, an institutional boutique investment firm. The group has appointed Steven Vaughan, formerly the head of Melbourne consultancy Dr Steven Vaughan ...

Suncorp Aus equities team sets up boutique

... cent according to Rainmaker Data, roughly on par with the performance of the S&P/ASX200 index. Among the fund's institutional clients are Local Government Superannuation Scheme (QLD), the Australian Reward Investment Alliance, Christian Super and Accountants ...