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AMP to launch Singapore direct property arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
AMP Capital will expand its current business in Asia by developing an unlisted property business in Singapore next year. Andrew Bird, director and chief investment officer AMP Capital, said that the group will establish new funds, invest in more global ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... investment managers with the conflicts of interest in asset consulting also set to come under increased scrutiny. The pension fund's board of administration has recommended that outside consultants only be permitted to fulfill one function with respect ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to resolve its fiscal crisis, Ireland unveiled plans to develop a market for sovereign annuities earlier this week, which could be used by under-funded Irish pension funds to meet their defined benefit liabilities. After ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
A UK pension fund with $3 billion in assets is seeking international fund management services for an $800 million active currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group statement signed by 259 global investors, with collective assets totalling over US$15 trillion, calls for stronger policies to incentivise more private capital going into sustainable investments The group statement expresses concern for "risks ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
The largest pension fund in the US, CalPERS, will not pay the pensions of certain City of Bell staff following investigations into salary corruption among some of the city's top officials. The California Public Employees' Retirement System said it would ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
If you think the majority of people who seek insurance and consolidation advice are older Australians, then think again - new research shows fund members aged 25 and below are the primary seekers of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive ...

GVI hires new joint MD

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... senior portfolio manager at Pictet Asset Management, and investment roles with Salomon Smith Barney and Abbey National Pension Fund. GVI head of investments, managing director Roy Chen said Cullens would bring significant investment experience to the ...

Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Infrastructure investments worldwide are due to attract at least $50 billion from pension and sovereign funds over the next two years with toll roads at the top of the buy list. According to the latest UBS report, there are a number of major takeover ...