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AustSuper seeks equities and FI experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... The $28 billion industry fund Australian Super is on the hunt for two investment specialists with expertise in fixed interest and listed equities. Australian Super is looking to appoint an investment manager - fixed interest to drive the fund's fixed ...

UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... it's annoying it doesn't affect our cash flows in any significant manner." These enhancements include advanced fixed interest capabilities, administration of assets across currencies and exchanges are very close to completion and will soon be available ...

Suncorp ripe for the picking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... According to Rainmaker Information, Suncorp's investment management business, which is invested across Australian fixed interest, Australian equities and cash represents more than $12.3 billion in funds under management. In addition, the group's financial ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... information back that you feel comfortable with when things are being done properly," he said. "My understanding is fixed interest guys are generally sitting in front of their screen, don't leave the room and kick tires, so how do you know where your ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... to 15 per cent, a new 3 per cent allocation to international property ($A hedged), a five per cent cut in Aussie fixed interest, and zero in cash from a previous 10 per cent. The fund also axed its 4 per cent direct property stake and pumped 30 per cent ...

S&P recognises industry best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... - Emerging Markets sector award. Meanwhile, AXA Australia won the Australian Mortgages category, PIMCO won the Fixed Interest sector award and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities took out the listed property category. Standard & Poor's also recognised ...

Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... Hill said that their portfolios, which varies depending on the client, are broadly overweight in cash relative to fixed interest, a little bit underweight in international equities and have a neutral weighting in Australian equities. Over the short term ...

NAB Group Super axes cash plus

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... Group Super has morphed its cash plus option into a pure cash option - closing the strategy's previous exposure to fixed interest, Australian shares and property. The board Trustee's decision to change the corporate fund's cash plus option into a pure ...

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... in developing markets. Just over $5 billion has been invested in Australian equities and a lower $4.1 billion in fixed interest. A much lower amount of $768 million is in global property and a tiny $41 million in private equity. That means the next two ...

QIC's new asset class a hot commodity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... markets such as fixed income and equities are starting to behave like each other. The QIC Red Paper found although fixed interest and equity market assets are historically recognised as portfolio diversifiers, the recent market downturn revealed their ...