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VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager BlackRock Investment Management and index provider ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
"Problems, problems, pro-o-o-o-blems They won't be solved until I'm sure of you-o-ou..." -Everly Brothers That's' right dynamite, the myriad of problems in the financial markets that haunted investors everywhere appears to have gone the way of 2012 ...

Unloved equities to be re-rated along with risk appetite in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... while the current price-to-earnings ratios of 13-14 times were not extremely low, equities look attractive compared to sovereign and investment grade bonds. "We have seen sustained outflows from equities in the last few years, so much so that institutional ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... the risk of climate change. "The first survey of the world's 1,000 largest retirement funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds' management of climate risk paints a disturbing overall picture of greenwash (sic) and reckless mismanagement ...

Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... key risk remains the global environment, particularly developments in the US and Europe as they continue to deal with sovereign debt problems. On the domestic front, he said the government's imperative to get back to budget surplus this year is driving ...

NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has been named the world's most innovative sovereign fund. Last night, the Fund won the prestigious Sovereign Wealth Fund category in the 2012 aiCIO Industry Innovation Awards in New York. The other finalists were ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... across Australian and international equities, property, absolute return and private equity classes and, more recently, sovereign bonds. It's understood that this investment is a far larger commitment than any Australian super fund in sustainable investment. ...

More good news for US housing market

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... momentum of positive economic indicators emerging from the US economy was the decision by the Norway's US$660 billion sovereign wealth fund - the worlds largest - to invest US$11 billion within the US real estate market. Mandated by the finance minter ...

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... from the currency union would quite likely lead to a massive depreciation of their new currencies, followed by possible sovereign default, the collapse of domestic financial institutions, and a mass of corporate bankruptcies," he said. According to UBS ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... retreated after news the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis.