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HIP stands firm on investment strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Health Investment Plan will adopt a 'hold your ground' approach in its investment strategy next year, while undergoing an asset-by-asset review. "One of the hardest decisions to make is to hold your ground and to communicate that to your members," said ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
While liquidity has improved in Australia's residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market, more needs to be done to boost the attractiveness and stability of the sector, said an industry expert. Jeff Brunton, head of capital markets at AMP Capital ...

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 ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The debate over an Australian housing bubble resurfaced this week and two of the world's leading investment houses are on opposite sides of the argument. GMO's Jeremy Grantham, a self-confessed student of asset price bubbles and an outspoken believer ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... provide asset and investment management services while CBRE will source assets and property services. "The passing of the MIT legislation has only enhanced the appeal of this market for foreign investors," said Tom Southern, CBRE president and chief ...

SimCorp partners with AIM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
The securities lending market has largely recovered after freezing up during the GFC, an industry official says. During the financial crisis, a number super funds curtailed or even cancelled their securities lending programs as an intense debate over ...

Thousands rally against Sarkozy

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
A French protest rally involving hundreds of thousands of French nationals marched the streets of Paris and beyond in protest to proposed retirement age changes. Thousands marched through over 130 towns and cities in a united protest against President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets generally strong and metals and oil all trading higher, too. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...