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FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
Funds under management (FUM) has hit $1.4 trillion at end March after climbing 17.3 per cent or more than $200 billion during the previous year, according to Rainmaker's latest market roundup report. Discounting FUM that is outsourced to other investment ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) report reveals broadly positive trends, with the majority of large institutional signatories appointing dedicated responsible investment staff and 88 per cent putting environmental, social and governance ...

Scientific investing wins big

The number of institutional investors embracing quantitative fund products has jumped in recent years with quant manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) Australia reporting a five-fold increase in funds under management (FUM) to $50 billion since 2000. ...

Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... valuation and predictable patterns of market behaviour and unceasing dynamism." In other words, investors - including institutional investors - are more likely to follow the crowd before they follow quantitative fundamentals. Authors of the study, Robert ...

Russell continues sales team growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... Russell Investment Group today announced the appointment of former BNP Paribas executive Chris Briant as director of institutional sales. The move is part of Russell's move to provide more specialised solutions for institutional clients. Stephen Roberts ...

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... alternative asset market in Australia and would be adding new funds to its portfolio of specialist funds. Westpac Institutional Bank got into the alternative asset market in 2002 when it bought 51 per cent of Hastings Funds Management. Three years later ...

Putnam wins $600m AMP fixed income mandate

... Henaghan, AMP Capital investment director, International and Future Directions Funds. Dr Charles Wall, Putnam's head of institutional business, said the group is well positioned to provide global fixed income products for clients who want multiple active ...

Sentry and Epic forge alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
Sentry Group and Epic Adviser Solutions will join forces from the beginning of July to operate under the Sentry Group Australia banner. Under an agreement signed between Sentry Group and Questus Capital Group, the parent of Epic, the two groups will ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... funds, five of which are new multi-manager options. The move also gives retail investors access to some previously institutional-only multi-manager funds, including the high conviction Skandia Australian Shares High Alpha Trust option. The other eight ...

Enhanced index tips over $10bn

... have to factor in capital gains or losses with their investments. Gekas said that the success of GIP is proof that institutional investors can avail of an index strategy that offers "alpha" opportunities but within the risks and costs often associated ...