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HSBC wins AMP Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... and expertise to meet Australian demand - giving Australian investors access to HSBC's international investment opportunities," Charles Genocchio, head of global investments at HSBC Bank Australia said. Sinopia's fixed interest team has been in place ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... financial crisis could happen in the next five to 10 years - but even that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities, particularly in Asia. Visiting Australia as a guest presenter for Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), Dr. Faber said ...

Advisers put LPTs back on watchlist

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... meetings with planners - but now they're more receptive," said Toll. Not surprisingly, planners scouting for investment opportunities to put forward to clients are still shying away from anything to do with high levels of gearing. Their appetite covers ...

Agribusiness MIS suffer 77pc drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... surprising," said Lee. Despite the losses hammering the agri-MIS sector, Lee is optimistic that good investment opportunities still exist for investors. "When done right, agribusiness investments can offer long term competitive stable returns that are ...

APFC seeks absolute return director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... and monitors performance among absolute return strategy managers and manages co-investment and direct investment opportunities. The incumbent will manage the rebalancing program via derivatives, ETF's, index funds and active managers for the entire portfolio. ...

CalPERS ploughs more into private equity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... Committee. "Our investment officers will follow these guidelines as we position ourselves for short-term investment opportunities over the next year or so." CalPERS' board sets a range of +/- 5 per cent around targets for global equity, AIM, fixed income ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... Nicol Reid, says dropping the ban now was a smart move as increased liquidity in the market bodes more investment opportunities. "We think it's significantly different today then if it had been lifted 2 months ago," said Nicol. "Credit markets have moved ...

Clarion call for bargain global property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Global listed property securities have fallen too far with the US presenting some solid investment opportunities, according to ING Clarion Real Estate Securities. Chris Reich, director and portfolio manager at ING Clarion, said real estate investment ...

UPDATE: Prime Super drops $14m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... mandate with Lend Lease, holding on to a $20 million mandate while withdrawing $14 million to find other investment opportunities. "Prime Super has considered selling secondary units from Lend Lease's Property Funds as we see compelling alternative investment ...

China and India investment themes remain: Actis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Asia. Paul Fletcher, Actis senior partner, said the firm is adopting a "wait and see" approach to all investment opportunities in response to uncertain asset re-valuations, but he said Chinese and Indian investment themes still remain. "If I had to pick ...