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IOOF says DKN acquisition will boost its financial advisers to 1000

IOOF Holdings Ltd. says the acquisition of DKN Financial Group Ltd. will bolster the number of its financial advisers by a third to about 1000 and will add $18 billion to its funds under management.

I & T NewsOctober 4, 2011

Riverside Co. co-CEO Stewart Kohl sees Australian buyout opportunities

Riverside Co., which says they are more Mahatma Gandhi than Wall Street’s fictional Gordon Gekko, says the deleveraging of the global economy is presenting a challenge for leverage buyout firms.

I & T NewsSeptember 20, 2011

Why does it feel so strange? Lasting changes in fiduciary investors’ strategies

In 1996, Peter Ryan-Kane wrote a paper called ‘The Living Room Effect’ in which he mused about the impact of a shrinking world on institutional investing. The Berlin wall had come down, CNN was making its presence felt and the internet was gaining traction – all visible from living rooms around the world, even in […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

Hedge Funds

Why does it feel so strange? Lasting changes in fiduciary investors’ strategies

In 1996, Peter Ryan-Kane wrote a paper called ‘The Living Room Effect’ in which he mused about the impact of a shrinking world on institutional investing. The Berlin wall had come down, CNN was making its presence felt and the internet was gaining traction – all visible from living rooms around the world, even in […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

Hedge Funds

Why does it feel so strange? Lasting changes in fiduciary investors’ strategies

In 1996, Peter Ryan-Kane wrote a paper called ‘The Living Room Effect’ in which he mused about the impact of a shrinking world on institutional investing. The Berlin wall had come down, CNN was making its presence felt and the internet was gaining traction – all visible from living rooms around the world, even in […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

Investment Strategy

Funds alerted to need for, and rewards from, DIY engagement

Superannuation trustees should try harder to prevent members’ money being pumped into the inflated salaries of executives and directors of underperforming companies, Dean Paatsch, the director of RiskMetrics in Australia, told Superratings’ 2009 Day of Confrontation last month. Presenting his personal views, not those of RiskMetrics, Paatsch said that despite a few notable exceptions, the […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

Investment Strategy

Funds alerted to need for, and rewards from, DIY engagement

Superannuation trustees should try harder to prevent members’ money being pumped into the inflated salaries of executives and directors of underperforming companies, Dean Paatsch, the director of RiskMetrics in Australia, told Superratings’ 2009 Day of Confrontation last month. Presenting his personal views, not those of RiskMetrics, Paatsch said that despite a few notable exceptions, the […]

Staff WriterNovember 2, 2009

Administration

While China may save us… Funds have work to do to adapt to post-crisis investing

The Australian Super and Investment Conference, on the Gold Coast September 16-18, looked at options facing the investment committees of super funds post-crisis. A record attendance of trustees, fund executives, managers and consultants seemed to agree on at least one thing – the world has changed inexorably. GREG BRIGHT reports. The big picture medium-to-longterm direction […]

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2009