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BlackRock accumulating mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... form of an Australian equity active-extension mandate, while TASPLAN handed over $80 million as a 150/50 long-short mandate. Ken Liow, head of quantitative investments in Australia, said he believed the business was building on the strengths of a solid ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... pressures. The level of economic analysis involved in the water debate has been questioned by Federal Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry who says that his department has had little to do with the $10 billion water package announced by the Prime Minister ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Global index provider the FTSE Group has launched a new set of climate change criteria for including companies in their FTSE4Good Index Series. The new criteria identify companies FTSE believe have positive records on Corporate Sustainability Responsibility ...

Solid stock picks in 2007: Ord Minnett

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
Ord Minnett has released its top stock picks for 2007, underlined by some key market and environmental factors. For the year ahead Ord Minnett sighted healthy corporate balance sheets, Australia's superannuation system, continued mergers and acquisitions ...

IXIS revises and renames bond fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
IXIS Asset Management Australia has revised its IXIS Sayles Global Corporate Bond Fund broadening its investment mandate and rebranding it with a new name. The fund will now be know as the IXIS Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund. It has been revised for ...

AIMA boosts executive committee

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed two new members to its executive committee. David Kent, executive chairman of Everest Babcock & Brown, and David Travers, managing director of investor services at State Street Australia ...

Colonial appoints GM product and services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
Colonial First State has promoted Alan Kenny to the role of general manager product and investment services to fill the seat vacated by Brian Bissaker who this month stepped up to the role of chief executive officer. Kenny has been part of the Colonial ...

Devote 20 per cent or more to direct property: ADPIA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... that as direct property allocations grew past 20 per cent the probability of a negative return reduced to negligible levels. Ken Atchison, managing director of Atchison Consultants, said that almost inexplicably allocations to direct property had been ...

Japanese property a hit with Aussie investors

... office properties. "The outlook for the property market in Japan remains strong on the back of a solid economic recovery," said Ken Curtis, managing director of MGPA's Japan subsidiary. He suggested that demand will pick up across all sectors, particularly ...

Lonsec expands sales and marketing arm

Lonsec has hired two additional staff to its sales and marketing team. The group has announced that John Ryan, who previously worked at the Over Fifty Group, is its new national sales manager. Ryan boasts over 25 years experience in funds management ...