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No standards, no deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... 4 percent to an average of 8 percent. Respondents said the most important aspects the Standards should focus on are valuations, followed by risk management and then disclosure. "The hedge fund industry is at a turning point. Managers can voluntarily ...

Shares in the black despite the bears

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... upbeat that "by year end, shares are likely to be back on to a sustainable rising trend supported by very attractive valuations, a very stimulatory global monetary backdrop, the prospect of interest rate cuts in Australia through 2009 and expectations ...

Alternatives cause valuation headaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... concerns that members could risk losing their savings from mispricing of illiquid assets. The super fund now do monthly valuations of their alternative asset investments and has adopted tighter credit standards. The fund has roughly 13 per cent of its ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... desire to have assets where the values are correlated to liabilities. In particular, corporate focus on accounting valuations has led many funds to focus on stabilising funding levels, on an accounting basis, over time."

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... property sector but using listed property rather than direct trusts, speculation is growing that the irregular pattern in valuations of direct property might be distorting those figures and tilting the not-for-profit differential higher than they may ...

Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... private equity and infrastructure was had not been met with more regulation. "The areas of concern included infrequent valuations the quality of the investment reporting and in cases a lack of understanding around the risks associated with the investment," ...

ING PEAL cashes in on private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... commenced," said Jon Schahinger, ING PEAL managing director. "Despite the consistent declining trend in public market equity valuations all the sales have been at or above their carrying value. This highlights how important it is to understand all the ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... valuation model compares similar companies by analysing company operations across earnings, sales and market price valuations. Whereas the earnings forecast model analyses each company's ability to generate alpha by measuring its efficiency, earnings ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... attractive," said Forsyth. Calliva SuperAccess loans for commercial property purchases will be extended on loan-to-valuations rations of up to 70 per cent. The firm claims that the loan is ideally suited to medical and other self-employed professionals ...

Genus Cap appoints RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... its latest client to its Canadian portfolio. RBC Dexia will be providing a suite of investor services including fund valuations, global custody, shareholder services and investment finance for boutique investment manager Genus' $1.79 billion investment ...