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Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

Local funds won't follow CalPERS lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
One of the US' biggest pension funds, the $223 billion CalPERS, has filed a lawsuit against three of the world's most powerful rating agencies to claw back some of its losses from the GFC, but local super funds look unlikely to follow suit. CalPERS ...

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The time has come for institutional investors to look past asset classes and seek good value assets with robust revenue streams when implementing their post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who ...

US fundie expands into Japanese pensions

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
US-based INTECH Investment Management LLC has been appointed by Nikko Asset Management as a sub-adviser to provide a customised international equities strategy to Japanese pension funds. INTECH will provide the firm's Kokusai Strategy which uses the ...

Watson Wyatt wins HSBC pension admin

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... scheme members with an online fund portal which allows them to access their fund balance and investment data. The pension fund, which has around 170,000 membership records, has a defined benefit and defined contribution section. The defined contribution ...

WYPF tenders for custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
England's $9.2 billion West Yorkshire Pension Fund is looking for a new custodian. WYPF, the pension fund for employees in the councils of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale, is looking for a banking and custodial service provider. ...

UK pensions demand more face time with fundies

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
A survey of UK workplace pension funds representing $400 billion in assets found pension funds are putting more fund managers on a "regular performance review". The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which 1,200 pension funds and $1.6 trillion ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Pension funds' investments in alternatives have shrunk 1 per cent to $1 trillion in 2008 - a stark contrast to the 40 per cent growth from 2007, new research shows. According to global research by Watson Wyatt in conjunction with the Financial Times ...

State Street wins Italian pension client

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
State Street has been selected by Italian based $170 million pension fund service provider, PensPlan, to provide a number of investment services. PensPlan provides risk management, manager selection and asset liability modelling to pension funds and ...

Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
Eight of the ten fastest growing platforms are retirement products, confirming that the sector is fast becoming a wealth management heavyweight, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report ...