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Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
London-based fund of hedge fund manager Liongate Capital Management has won over $1 billion in mandates since the start of the GFC - and the firm is now seeking new wins in the Aussie institutional market. While most fund of hedge fund managers suffer ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The pension funding status of the largest US companies improved by more than $260 billion in the past two months, according to a report. Mercer's review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... Management's boutique firms Newton and Walter Scott have been awarded global equity mandates on behalf of Japan's public pension fund, the $1.9 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Following a review of its existing fund managers, GPIF ...

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... has found nearly nine out of 10 self invested personal pensioners (SIPP) believe they can outperform a professional pension fund manager. The survey found 89 per cent of SIPP investors opened a SIPP account because they felt they could do a better job ...

UK budget cuts HNW pension relief

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... UK deficit to 12.4 per cent of GDP. It is the among highest budget deficits in Europe. The measure has upset the pension fund industry as pension tax relief for high earners has reduced from 40 to 20 per cent. Research group Datamonitor said the change ...

Australian equities need more PR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Listed Australian companies can do more to convince overseas fund managers and pension funds to invest in the local market, with some prospective investors complaining of inadequate company websites and substandard investor relations. Local fund managers ...

UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... and active currency strategies, according to a Mercer survey. The firm's European Asset Allocation Survey found UK pension fund allocations to equity strategies fell four per cent to 54 per cent during 2008. UK pension equity allocations are also moving ...

Adviser portfolios add commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Commodities is the new asset class in the Securitor Select Blend Portfolios. Pat Farrell, head of BT Investment Solutions and a speaker at last week's Securitor conference in Darwin, said commodities were included as an asset class of its own in the ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ...

Aviva snaps up Russian pension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Aviva plc has bought ING Group's $60 million Russian non-state pension fund business and its holding company. The pension fund has around 17,000 members and services large multi-national corporate clients. The holding company has more than $165,000 ...