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Investment Strategy

Australian Unity reveals extent of guarantee damage

Investors in Australian Unity Investments’ two mortgage funds withdrew $150 million in the week after the Government’s October 13 announcement of a bank deposit guarantee, before the mutual froze redemptions for a month last Wednesday and joined industry calls for ‘deposit-like’ products to be included in the guarantee.

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2008

Hedge Funds

Managers forced to make way for King Cash

Trustees at funds like AustralianSuper have cashed up via their funds’ default option, at others such as AGEST members have cashed up themselves, but either way the chaotic markets are having a profound effect on investment mandates.

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2008

Investment Strategy

Managers forced to make way for King Cash

Trustees at funds like AustralianSuper have cashed up via their funds’ default option, at others such as AGEST members have cashed up themselves, but either way the chaotic markets are having a profound effect on investment mandates.

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2008

Hedge Funds

Big opportunity for Aussie LPT managers as NZ fund searches

The ASB Community Trust, an Auckland-based philanthropic foundation with NZ$1.1 billion under stewardship, wants to increase its property allocation by 150 per cent.

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2008

Investment Strategy

Big opportunity for Aussie LPT managers as NZ fund searches

The ASB Community Trust, an Auckland-based philanthropic foundation with NZ$1.1 billion under stewardship, wants to increase its property allocation by 150 per cent.

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2008

Hedge Funds

New home sought for Astarra property mandate

Retail superannuation fund Astarra Funds Management is reviewing its exposure to property after successfully redeeming a direct property mandate from BlackRock.

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2008

Investment Strategy

New home sought for Astarra property mandate

Retail superannuation fund Astarra Funds Management is reviewing its exposure to property after successfully redeeming a direct property mandate from BlackRock.

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2008

Hedge Funds

CFS puts Bell on redemptions in hedge FoF shut-down

David Bell and his hedge funds-of-funds team at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) face uncertain futures after the $200 million business they oversaw was shut down.

Staff WriterMay 27, 2008