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Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... Berkshire Hathaway investment company has matured, returning 42.83% to investors. Buffett is idolised by the global investment community but at $167,000 for a single share in Berkshire Hathaway, the majority of investors are priced out of his much admired ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... paper came out of a plenary session entitled 'Fair Capitalism: a Manifesto for Change' at Mercer's Melbourne Global Investment Forum. During the session, 10 proposals aimed at encouraging longer term investment were put to the audience. The audience ...

IFM wins $300m Cbus cash mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... simple for our investors; our job is to manage the complexities and nuances and remain true to label IFM is a global investment manager with clients and teams in three of the largest pension markets in the world. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia ...

Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey have partnered to establish a Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA) to share research on investment managers across the globe. The Alliance is expected to expand to a maximum of six members with additional ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Institutional investors haven't been rewarded for taking risk in global investment markets since 2008, and have now turned to more intense monitoring to minimize further risks. Focusing on risk in this way gives institutional investors insights that ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... groups, financial advisers, family offices and multi-managers. "We continue to see an increase in interest for global investment solutions throughout the region. Australian and New Zealand investors are beginning to understand that investing onshore ...

PIMCO lands former Deutsche Bank market maker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Global investment management firm PIMCO has appointed former Deutsche Bank director Ronie Ganguly as its new Asia credit/ emerging market corporate portfolio manager. He joined the firm on April 22 and will be based at the Singapore office. He will ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Global investment chiefs have tipped US equities to be the investment darling of the year, according to a survey by Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Fidelity canvassed the opinions of 13 global fund groups including: HSBC Global Asset Management, Threadneedle ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... figure rising more than five-fold from $1.2 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends Monitor' report issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD). The report was published ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... that companies have more diverse boards because that leads to better decision making." "We'd like to see more global investment managers taking governance seriously and integrating it into the investment process and we think that's in their own interest." ...