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REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... members," Ibbotson managing director Chris Galloway said. "Leveraging our capabilities in capital markets research, asset allocation, and portfolio construction enables us to help REI Super members achieve their retirement objectives." The deal extends ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... Edgehaven, where she advises institutional clients on long-term investment strategies, alternative assets and dynamic asset allocation across market cycles. She brings extensive investment experience in the superannuation industry, having invested on ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to real assets to increase investment returns and manage macro-environment risks, but would rethink allocations if interest rates rose significantly, according to a new survey from BlackRock. The survey ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... standards released [last week] require the submission of quarterly information about investment performance, asset allocation and member flows, as well as structural information about these investment options." It added that, "The new requirements reduce ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... the higher fees paid for active management." Value was measured using "four dimensions" - these were long-term asset allocation of the active portfolio (relative to the benchmark), value added through "active bias" within individual sectors, short term ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... downgrade their returns expectations, or look outside the domestic market. According to David Stuart, head of dynamic asset allocation at Mercer, global equities look considerably more attractive than domestic, and will look even more so should the dollar ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... to guide these changes, which included a restructure of both board and management, and a different approach to asset allocation. Perhaps the most striking change, though, was the move to the 'a third, a third, a third' board model. This move, according ...

Centuria launches tax efficient investment bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... manage risk in the portfolio at a low cost. The company's managing director Santi Burridge said: "Our focus on asset allocation as the driver of investment returns means that we do not expose investors to the risk of individual security selection. It ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Model (VCMM), a simulation engine that assists in informing the global asset manager's investment outlook and asset allocation insights. Jeffrey Johnson, head of Vanguard's investment strategy group, Asia Pacific, said: "The insights provided by the ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... to members, compared with 1.9% in the June quarter, putting the six month average at 3%. The more conservative asset allocation in the later cohorts of the lifecycle products - which are mostly offered by retail funds - goes some way to explaining the ...