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Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... rally coming to a close, returns in fixed income markets are becoming increasingly hard to find. That is why many fund managers have successfully marketed so-called unconstrained bond funds which do away with traditional benchmarks and are instead free ...

Henderson acquires IOOF's Perennial

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Pacific region, 11% of the group's total assets under management as of March 31, 2015. This puts Henderson ahead of fund managers such as Dexus Property Group, Wellington Asset Management or National Australia Bank's funds management division, according ...

CFA Societies wants industry professionals to swear oath

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... line," the letter said. In Australia there are some 2,200 CFA charter holders in professional positions ranging fund managers and analysts to accountants and financial advisers.

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... demand for alternative multi-asset real return strategies presents a cross-border opportunity for both Australian fund managers offshore and overseas fund managers at home. That was the conclusion reached by Perpetual following its recent 'Tapping into ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... businesses in Australia could not open their own businesses in these countries. Now they are proposing that banks, fund managers and insurers can partner with local businesses in China, Japan or Korea and even merge or take over local companies down ...

Don't overlook culture and discipline: MFS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... corporate culture and the discipline to soft-close funds before they are hurt by their size are too often overlooked by fund managers, according to MFS Investment management global equity chief investment officer Kevin Beatty. The Boston-based firm ...

Aviva launches first in range of new funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... with assets allocated between investment strategies depending on how much each strategy contributes to fund risk. Fund managers can invest as much or little as they want across asset classes and geographies. Aviva Investors chief executive, Euan Munro ...

Legalsuper finds savings in manager reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Industry super fund legalsuper has replaced a number of high profile fund managers in its investment manager line-up. Perennial (cash and enhanced cash), Colonial First State (global credit), Integrity (Australian equities), Platinum (overseas equities) ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... performers. The fund had the widest range of climate change-related risk mitigation, including providing guidance to its fund managers, putting a climate risk overlay on their core portfolio, underweighting carbon-intensive stocks and sectors, as well ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... correlation to traditional asset classes." In two years, Ironbark has gone from 23 to 16 in the ranking of largest hedge fund managers in Australia. It achieved FUM growth of 161%, the largest growth of all managers surveyed by Rainmaker, and it currently ...