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Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... market jumped 67 per cent last year to $33 billion at the end of December 2007, according to investment consulting and research company onValues. The Zurich based firm surveyed 19 investment managers on "specialist sustainable investment products or ...

True Index contains residual risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... funds are not immune to extreme market events, according to Scott Donald, Russell Investment Group director of fiduciary research. True Index funds aim to replicate an index by investing in an Enhanced Index fund whereby via a 'swap' arrangement between ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

Magellan Global mirrors Berkshire strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Research firm Lonsec has rated Magellan Financial Group's (MFG) Global Fund 'recommended' and noted it adopts a similar investment style synonymous to that of the sage of Omaha. Launched in July last year, the Magellan Global Fund equities portfolio ...

Pension funds milk green trends

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... recommended that pension funds should start drawing up detailed policies to capture the sector's returns. According to research by Lipper FERI, inflows into environmentally related funds have increased substantially in the last few years. A record 15.2 ...

JANA names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... investments outcomes. Patrick was previously a senior consultant in JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) international equities research team and has held senior roles at Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Michael Mulcahy replaces Patrick as head of international ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... continues to fade and the index remains at a five-year low," said Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Centre. Franco said, "Looking ahead, consumers' outlook for business conditions, the job market and their income prospects ...

Have DNA, will buy insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... discrimination from insurance providers should the tests reveal that they were prone to develop certain illnesses. New research by the Health Policy Institute of Georgetown University reveal that disclosing or sharing vital patient-identifiable data ...

BGI rated five-star: S&P

... the investment process," said S&P fund analyst, Justine Gorman. "BGI has a well resourced and dedicated strategies and research group, which is essential for model maintenance and identification of new investment ideas," she added. The review, which ...

ADPIA lobbies against relic property laws

... review was long overdue given the direct property industry's growth in recent years. According to the Property Investment Research Group (PIR), the unlisted property trust industry as at 31 December 2007 had $24.7 billion in funds under management (FUM) ...