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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 ...

Northern Trust awarded $24bn custody mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Northern Trust will provide a full range of master custody and related services for the newly formed $24 billion Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. It is the custodian's first full service super fund client. Starting early next year, Northern ...

Brand reputation key to mandate wins

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
When choosing new managers, brand reputation is an important investment criterion for more than half of institutional investors, new research suggests. According to Cogent Research, two thirds of US institutions plan to add at least one asset manager ...

Perpetual shuts $1bn mortgage funds to focus on income

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... months as the books mature. Perpetual's Wholesale Monthly Income Fund, Monthly Income Fund, WealthFocus Super and Pension Fund's Mortgage Option, WealthFocus Investments Mortgage Fund and Private Investor Mortgage Fund will all be wound up. "We've continued ...

Perpetual outsources central data hub

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Perpetual has selected a global EDM specialist to run its central data hub to replace its inhouse system. Going live today, Perpetual selected the Cadis enterprise data management (EDM) platform after a two week proof of concept test which assessed ...