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AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
Australian super funds and offshore pension investors are circling around direct real estate as they evolve towards creating their own portfolio, according to AMP's head property fund manager. Chris Judd, AMP's head of property funds management, said ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...

Sunsuper appoints State Street as custodian

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
State Street Global Services has landed the role of custodian for $18 billion super fund, Sunsuper and will provide solutions and investment servicing for the local market. After around nine months of due diligence, State Street will now provide a suite ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
UBS Global Asset Management (GAM) has secured a global real estate multi-manager mandate from Germany's largest pension fund, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, valued at around EUR 500 million. Under the mandate, UBS Global Asset Management's Global Real ...

CFSGAM launches two new funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
CFSGAM has launched two new, tax aware equity income funds, building on its existing Wholesale Equity Income Fund and tax aware investment capabilities, to attract a broader scope of investors. The Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) ...

European DC Pension market to hit A$3.7tr by 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
European retail pension mutual funds will grow to A$3.7 trillion within four years and investment managers and product providers must expand their thinking about product to keep up. In their latest report on the sector, research group Cerulli said that ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Pension funds around the world, including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), last week sent a message to News Corp that contributed up to one-third of votes cast against the current board. Among the board directors to receive ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The Australian share market continued to trade lower at noon on Tuesday, reversing Monday's gains, amid pessimism overseas about Europe's ability to sort out the region's debt problems. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lost 72.5 points, or 1.7 per ...