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AMP core property is a 5-star

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... S&P's rated peer group, including low gearing, a sustainable distribution policy, a high-quality underlying investment portfolio, strong diversification, a competitive fee structure, and well-regarded investment and property-management teams," said S&P ...

Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
European pension assets have been battered by the bear market but the sector still managed to spurt a decent 5.7 per growth - bringing total assets to $6.4 trillion. According to the latest annual IPE Top 1000 Pension Funds supplement, which assesses ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... time goes on, as the firm develops and grows they are likely to focus on business risk, rather than just investment portfolio risk. As a firm grows in AUM, in revenue, there tends to be more focus placed on the risk that it poses to the business rather ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Greg Cantor, CSRF chief executive, said the fund wanted added flexibility to allow for short sells in its investment portfolio. "CSRF wanted to expand the mandate with our Australian equities managers to allow them the flexibility for some opportunistic ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... ending June 30, 2008, the data showed. With private equity exposure clearly demonstrating its worth in an investment portfolio, proper diversification favouring alternatives is now high on the agenda of most US funds. Top American insto investors are ...

Perpetual capital protected gains $130m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... downside protection and no margin calls. Investors can borrow up to 100 per cent and build a growth-oriented investment portfolio with exposure to a range of 20 hand-picked managed funds. The fund's underlying managers invest in a range of growth assets ...

CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... continue to remain extremely buoyant about the future of infrastructure as a critical element to a diversified investment portfolio," said O'Leary. "We have now grown our infrastructure investment team to include more than 40 dedicated professionals ...

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... of each month." The fund requires a $2,000 minimum investment amount for Personal Super and $5,000 for the Investment Portfolio, however existing investors can access the fund with as little as $250. Meanwhile, national wealth manager, IOOF added its ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
A forum convened by APRA to discuss their superannuation statistical surveys became one of the most heated seminars the industry has seen in years as the regulator reacted to heavy criticism that they are not properly reporting investment returns. Charles ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... point of view, they could be considered for a substantial part or perhaps even the whole of the trustee's investment portfolio. The Vanguard Sustainability Leaders Australian Shares Fund portfolio holds the stocks included in the Australian SAM Sustainability ...