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Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... heels of a recent trend towards pension funds bringing their investment research in-house. "The recent acquisition of Sovereign by Mercer is an indication that pension funds are starting to look at alternatives, but realising that they need to do it ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... index was down 71.4 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 4,159.2. US stocks skidded amid a global sell-off on renewed eurozone sovereign debt concerns that Spain was headed for a bailout and Greece could exit the eurozone. Spain's borrowing costs on Monday struck ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... pessimism. For it is optimism that gets consumers spending, businesses hiring, investors investing (even in European sovereign debt). "Never underestimate the power of optimism." (Camp Quality). ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... government guiding hand necessary. Adam Smith must be turning in his grave as he watches first the GFC and now the European sovereign debt crisis unfold. All caused by economic actors' acting in their own self-interests while the government's hand stayed ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... thrive. But despite all the other troubles and worries that developed since the global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... demand for quality European infrastructure projects among pension funds in the current macro-environment. "The Chinese sovereign wealth fund just bought a stake in a French infrastructure company and we're seeing a lot of activity by Asian investors ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... larger role to play in liability-driven investment (LDI) calling out UK, Dutch and German schemes as simply buying local sovereign debt at very low yields to service the need. "Why am I not being encouraged to think about the fact that, actually, there ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Mercer Investments is building out its private markets business with the acquisition of Sovereign Investments Research and their alternatives research team including founder Ray King. King, together with investment consultants Sarah Azzi and Scott McNally ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... require euro sovereigns to seek approval from their euro brethrens before implementing fiscal and/or monetary policies. Sovereign and "seek approval" -- isn't this, what we call, an oxymoron? But never fear, Angela is here. Reuters reported German Chancellor ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Uncle Ben actually delivers. I think it will. While ex-US Treasury secretary Henry Paulson thinks that the European sovereign debt crisis would only have a minimal effect on US economic growth, Uncle Ben would surely be concerned over some of the reports ...