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Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... re-enter the market in a major way - but not for several months given that we are sure prices are only heading down." "Valuations of the assets we are targeting are certainly more attractive but we still feel they have further to go during 2009. Our ...

BNY Mellon to ramp up Asia and Aus presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... to seal another deal after it formed a joint venture with a firm in Asia this month and with Ankura. "We still think valuations are going to come down, so we want to make sure it's the right opportunities," he said. BNY Mellon has more thanUS$20.2 trillion ...

Macquarie targets funds mgmt acquisitions

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... per cent. The chief factor in the big fall in earnings is asset writedowns of about $2 billion. These include falling valuations on listed funds in which Macquarie is a co-investor with its clients and losses suffered on its exit from the mortgage market. ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... another economy, another company drops another bombshell and shatters confidence anew. Despite really, really attractive valuations, the perceived risks appear to be greater than prospective returns. However, despite all the bad news and the volatility ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... it right now." But the fund's debt portfolio looks to be the exception than the rule with the fund happy to wait for valuations of many other asset classes to go down further. "With property, infrastructure and such like industries...it felt to us like ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... valuable asset class. But Szondy was quick to point out that things might change in the not too distant future when PE valuations from December come to light. "Because the private equity funds haven't had their revaluations yet, some [super] funds still ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... groceries and you'll still go in for the hip operation," he said. He said the fund had not been hit by declining property valuations. In fact, Smith said the team had five properties re-valued in the past quarter and only one property recorded a "very ...

Pinnacle taps private equity demand

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... the sector. "When the economy is in its poorest shape, that tends to be the best time for private equity," he said. Valuations of assets are also more reasonable at this stage of the cycle, he added. "The best time for investing [would be] over the next ...

IGCC appoints Pegan as chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... tangible risk to the financial value of investments but that too few investment decisions incorporated that risk into valuations and assessments of future earnings," he said. "Now that climate change is firmly established as a pivotal risk factor for ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... unlisted assets portfolio, super fund BUSS(Q) reported better numbers in infrastructure and private equity but flat valuations in unlisted property. BUSS(Q) chief executive, David O'Sullivan, said the fund's property valuations had fallen slightly. "There's ...