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Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, moving up from 15th place according to new figures from alternative investment research firm Preqin. The report compares the world's sovereign wealth funds in US dollar terms and valued the Future Fund at US$71 ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... ratings house said. The ratings agency said it understands Acadian are now seeking a senior portfolio manager and two research analysts to replace the pair. Michael Armitage, S&P fund services analyst, said the loss of senior personnel was not desirable ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... dysfunctionality will receive attention from policymakers. " said Riccardo Briganti, head of Macquarie Private Wealth Research. "The extreme movements of financial markets are the mechanism that could transform Japan's natural disaster into an economic ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... real estate investment experts. Speaking at an IMCA seminar, both Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock, managing director, SG Hiscock & Company, agreed that while REITs were a 'legitimate investment' ...

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... catastrophe bonds exposed to Japan earthquake peril that it rates would be triggered. In a report released today, the research house said the Japan disaster would only dent the capital of the big reinsurers who are unlikely to suffer ratings downgrades. ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

PAS mandate review completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Investment Management for its liquid alternatives and Schroder Investment Management for bonds. The fund has also invested in research to understand member preferences and to attract new members. PAS has more than 445,000 members and has three industry ...

T. Rowe Price to expand Aus equities team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... ahead of its launch of a domestic equities product later this year. T. Rowe Price today appointed Viral Patel, formerly a research analyst at AllianceBernstein Australia, in the newly-created role of associate director of research for Australia. Randal ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... other sectors. The funds Asian investments are centred around the Chinese consumption and resources story. "We've had to research widely because many of these companies are very expensive but being a specialist investment manager we can do that. We're ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... worth more than $1.5 billion believed to be exposed to the Japanese earthquake. Cat bond and alternative risk-management research site Artemis.bm listed affected issuers as: Montana Re (Series 2010-1), Vega Capital (Series 2010-1), Atlas Capital VI (Series ...