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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 ...

Hungary private pension breakdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... ABP, a $327 billion civil service scheme, recorded a 5.7 per cent investment return while $198 billion healthcare pension fund PFZW reported a return of 6.9 per cent with a decline in funding by 1 per cent.

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
Despite having the world's fourth largest investment market to source funding from, Australian fund managers have once again failed to crack the world's top 100, new figures show. According to a study conducted by Towers Watson and Pension & Investments ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's 12th largest pension fund according to Towers Watson, has gone live with SimCorp Dimension, as it undergoes the process of internalising portfolio ...

CalPERS shifts $1bn to GID

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
US pension fund CalPERS has consolidated its $1.1 billion core multifamily apartment portfolio to long-term partner GID Investment Advisers LLC (GID). The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said that it made the decision to advance ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Commercial property transactions above $5 million rebounded to $2.6 billion in the third quarter, up 268 per cent sequentially and up 75 per cent on last year, according to figures released by CB Richard Ellis. And while Australian super funds are dipping ...

European pension systems under review

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... for pension funds will involve. The paper, as part of a four-month consultation on European pensions, will discuss pension fund reforms and the value of existing pensions. It will also look at pension sustainability and the role the EU should play to ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... have 1.2 billion people with limited penetration in the equity markets," he said. Analysts estimate that India's pension fund assets equate to less than 10 per cent of GDP. That leaves plenty of room for growth should India be able to grow its pension ...

Dob in a fraud: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Notice a fraud activity at your super fund? Members of the US' largest public pension fund CalPERS can now complain about fraudsters following the launch of an ethics helpline. The helpline will enable the pension fund to receive tips, concerns and ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... company holdings and ethics. "That means even if one individual asks a question, they can have equal weight to a pension fund - and I don't think they realise it all the time," she said. And write in to the company they have, compared to institutional ...