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legalsuper launches low fee investment option

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... fees and capital gains tax." legalsuper said the low fee index addition means it now offers both active and passive investment styles to its members. "The low fee index option will suit investors looking for market returns over the medium to long-term ...

Sutton seeks global eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... million in mandates. According to a tender statement, the Sutton Council is looking to appoint a multi-asset passive investment manager. While the mandate is initially expected to be made up of a UK equity allocation, it is likely this will be expanded ...

Investors gain sector-based ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... managing director at Aii, said the sector-based ETFs would allow investors to apply an active strategy to a passive investment. He said ETFs had become more popular in the past 12 months as financial advisers move to a 'fee for service' remuneration ...

Virgin Super eyes SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... he said. "Some of those things are also important to our customers such as daily unit pricing, liquidity and passive investment strategy, we've worked to develop."

EISS appoints Mercer as consultant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... in 1997. The fund has been busy assessing and rehashing its investment strategy, including focusing more on passive investment managers. "This is a change from the past where we primarily relied on carefully selective 'active' investment managers. "In ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... in 24 countries. BlackRock chairman and chief executive Laurence D. Fink notes the combination of active and passive investment products will boost their tailored portfolios for institutional and retail clients. "The thought leadership and intellectual ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... AustralianSuper could reap $4 million in savings a year following the fund's increasing shift from active to passive investment mandates. Elana Rubin, chair of the industry fund and a speaker at yesterday's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... towards the end of this year," said another. However sovereign wealth funds said they will continue with their passive investment styles. The funds that were interviewed stated without exception that their preferred option for investing was through minority ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... manager Independent Asset Management P/L have been appointed satellite managers. Both core managers will adopt a passive investment style, with the aim of matching or exceeding marginally the investment performance of the Australian and international ...