MIRANDA WARD, Author at Top1000funds.com

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Too much, too little, too late in alts: CREATE

Pension funds had diversified into alternatives at the wrong time, CREATE’s chief executive, Professor Amin Rajin said, claiming pension funds were taking too long in their decision-making to make the most of opportunities available.

MIRANDA WARDFebruary 8, 2011

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Future Fund general manager to have his say on superannuation reform

The Australian Future Fund’s former general manager, Paul Costello, is the chair of a committee advising the government on the implementation of what could be the most important reforms to the $1.3 trillion Australian superannuation industry since the introduction of compulsory super in 1992.

MIRANDA WARDFebruary 2, 2011

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US instos battle for proxy rights on boards

The ongoing saga of US investors’ right to have a say in corporate elections continues with the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) refuting the Business Roundtable’s (BRT) claims that the proxy rule will injure shareholder interests.

MIRANDA WARDFebruary 2, 2011

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Israel’s offshore resources to secure SWF future

Israel is considering establishing its first sovereign wealth fund within one year using revenues from recent offshore natural-gas finds, following calls by the International Monetary Fund to do so.

MIRANDA WARDFebruary 2, 2011

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New Jersey chair calls for allocation review

Chair of the investment council of the $70 billion State of New Jersey’s Division of Investment, Robert Grady, has called for a new asset allocation plan, pointing in particular to the fund’s cash position which sits at around 2.75 per cent. The fund has also been overweight its domestic equity allocation by about 6 per […]

MIRANDA WARDJanuary 25, 2011

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Start praying for returns, says Wurts

Investors wishing to meet return goals could put as much hope in prayer as in their portfolio structure, according to Wurts & Associates which was forecasting a continuing “tough” economic environment.

MIRANDA WARDJanuary 19, 2011