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Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... said Lourey. International institutional investors such as Hassad Foods, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund currently invest in the Australian water market at far higher rates than domestic funds. While Tyndall AM remains ...

NZ Superannuation completes five new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Zealand Superannuation, the Crown Entity which manages the $19 billion fund. Gavin is currently the chairman of ASB Bank, Sovereign Insurance, CommSec, the Kirin International Advisory Board and the Ultra-Fast Broadband Steering Committee. He has been ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... market is largely dominated by governments seeking project funding, with 86% of total issuances in 2011 flowing from sovereign linked entities. Despite the upsurge of global interest in Islamic debt post-GFC, Sukuk issuance platforms are currently proprietary ...

Lest we forget Lehman: Omgeo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... resilience to hedge funds that previously have been reluctant to automate in the middle and back office. "Historically a sovereign wealth fund or family office or wherever the money was coming from would do its due diligence on a hedge fund purely on ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... thematic portfolios, Cathie Wood, as record-breaking fiscal and monetary stimulus was thrown at the crisis. However, the sovereign debt crisis in Europe has seen fiscal stimulus move backwards amid Government spending cuts while fiscal responsibility ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... regaining bond market access. Transactions will be focused on the shorter part of the yield curve, and in particular on sovereign bonds with a maturity of between one and three years. No ex ante quantitative limits are set on the size of Outright Monetary ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 4,369. Under ECB ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... a reason why." Natural buyers for the debt are few, and "the banks dominated that space for so long, super funds and sovereign wealth funds never had a chance to explore it as an option." Rather than simply buying off the balance sheet, opportunities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... "Economists are expecting the ECB to cut rates, but will also be focused on whether a plan will develop to re-enter the sovereign debt markets with unlimited but sterilised bond purchases," they said. LONDON - European shares wavered after losses in ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins has been brought in to replace Bob Diamond, who resigned last month amid the scandal over rigging Libor ...