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US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Top US institutional investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has been awarded a $200 million Global Aggregate fixed income mandate by Advance Asset Management Limited (Advance) - St. George Group's specialist investment management arm. The mandate will be managed by John Beck, co-director ...

Bennelong's new arm champions boutiques

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Boutique firm Bennelong Funds Management gains serious clout when the two former joint head of equities at ING IM launches the fund's new Australian Equities division. While most fund managers hunker down awaiting the passing of today's bear market ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Historical back-testing can only get you so far - it's time to free investment managers to do what they do best when it comes to harvesting better returns. Brian Parker, investment strategist at MLC Investment Management, said the overriding aim of ...

Plum reloads for HNW clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Plum Financial Services relaunched its financial planning division, developed a pension product and revamped its website to better cater for high net worth (HNW) members. The firm's financial planning service, which includes 60 financial advisers, was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after US equities gained overnight on reports Dow Chemical will takeover a rival firm and a better-than-expected sales report from retail titan Wal-Mart. Gains in the gold and oil price overnight ...

Aviva outsources to S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
Aviva Australia's research division is outsourcing its investment fund research to Standard & Poor's Fund Services. Previously Aviva Research managed all its research operations internally. As a result of the deal, Aviva will have access to the research ...

Qantas Super raises insurance cover

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The $6.6 billion Qantas Superannuation fund has introduced minimum death cover to its default funds. According to a Qantas Super newsletter, minimum death cover will be provided for funds which are used as the "default" fund under the current Choice ...

Ex-TGM chief economist moves to QIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Institutional fund management giant, QIC, appointed Matthew Peter to chief economist. Prior to this appointment, Peter was director of investment strategy at specialist global macro manager, Tactical Global Management (TGM). Peter replaces the firm's ...

CAAM eyes retail

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has come a long way since it first opened its doors to the Aussie insto market over a year ago. Today the fund manager is aiming to get into platforms and aim for bigger mandates. Richard Borysiewicz, country ...