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September quarter sees 2.1 per cent growth in unitised wholesale funds

... reclassification of funds by companies into more general wholesale investment categories. Finally the level of wholesale pension funds reduced by 21.2 per cent over the year enhanced by the 2.9 per cent decrease in this category over the September quarter. ...

Risk-return numbers fail to tell the story

... information ratios have little predictive value. The group used data from between 1995 and 2003 for 2000 portfolios of UK pension funds equities managers across five regions, the US, UK, Europe ex-UK, Japan and Pacific ex-Japan. Information ratios are ...

Aust funds underexposed to small caps: Franklin Templeton

... survey, 25% of major Australian fund managers had global small cap mandates compared to approximately 75% of US pension funds, Franklin Templeton said. Managing director of Franklin Templeton Australia John Gall, said the sector was a rich and virtually ...

EU needs cross-border fund pooling: IMA

... economies of scale," the report stated. "This would benefit investors in both investment funds and cross-border pension funds." The IMA survey was conducted to establish to progress made since the Heinemann Report in 2003 - "Towards a single European ...

UK pension funds to dump equity: IMA

A survey in the UK conducted by the Investment Management Association (IMA) has found UK pension funds could shift as much as stg150 billion away from the UK equity markets during the next three years. The report said the current 56% assets held by ...

Macquarie Bank cuts commitment to MEAP fund

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
... first independent electricity transmission network in Alberta, Canada. The pension fund joined some other Canadian pension funds - including British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation - which ...

Low income earners can boost retirement nest eggs: super funds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
Lower income earners could retire with up to 70 per cent more in their pension funds if they took advantage of new superannuation rules, super funds said yesterday. Independent senators last night backed the government reforms following a stalemate ...

Henderson wins long-term mandate competition in the UK

... consultancy Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow. Henderson won the competition for long-term socially responsible management plans for pension funds with an entry that proposed a "dynamic approach". The competition had been launched in March 2003 and sought to award ...

Macquarie spends $40 million in South Korea

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... be completed in early 2006. Macquarie said KRIF, whose investors are mainly large Korean insurance companies and pension funds, had now raised $465 million to date, "and is seeking to increase total commitments before the end of 2003". The fund, Macquarie's ...

Macquarie Bank buys into UK water firm for $948m

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
... advantage as well as provide sustainable and predictable cashflows, it said. Macquarie hopes the fund will appeal to pension funds and other institutional investors. MEIF will be the fourth Macquarie unlisted infrastructure fund established outside Australia ...