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Van Eyk spin-off signs first major client

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... advise on SMA portfolios they run on the HUB24 platform. "We felt InvestSense provided a proactive approach to asset allocation with fresh thinking about portfolio allocation. Most importantly, we sought a partner to build client friendly solutions within ...

Franklin Templeton beefs up fixed income team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... Templeton, Rout was an investment analyst at JANA Investment Advisers where he was involved in macroeconomic and asset allocation research for JANA's implemented consulting business and external advisory clients. Wee and Rout join Chris Siniakov, managing ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... turning increasingly to alternative assets in a bid to boost returns but many are too slow in changing their asset allocation, according to the latest AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. Almost half (46%) of the global survey respondents, who ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... them as passive, 'set-and-forget' instruments, and started viewing them instead as a means of actively managing asset allocation? James Fernyhough and Mark Smith report. In Australia, exchange traded funds (ETFs) have traditionally been viewed as a cheap ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... structure and place more emphasis on capital allocation. "We need to discard some of the legacy thinking regarding asset allocation and picking managers. That's not the job. The job is finding great investment opportunities and getting them into the ...

Former van Eyk consultants launch new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... simple as possible but no simpler'. To do this we have a valuation driven approach that integrates everything from asset allocation to manager selection and which is relatively easy to communicate to the end client."

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... billion, and AMP Capital Investors, which has $116 billion. Australian equities account for 8% of the Future Fund's asset allocation, international equities 34%, listed property 6%, debt securities 11%, cash 10% with other alternative and non-mainstream ...

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... themselves to more indexing, as they can be more readily replicated and implemented. Indexing can also be utilised for asset allocation strategies. "By blending both approaches, investors can harness the advantages of each and create a more flexible ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... investment strategies used. In a communication to members, the fund said that this part of a wider rejig of its active asset allocation process. "The new process uses various economic and market signals to determine market valuations. Using this information ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Virginie Maisonneuve, CIO equities; Scott Mather, CIO US core strategies; and Mihir Worah, CIO real return and asset allocation. Mather, Kiesel and Worah will take overall responsibility for the flagship Total Return Fund. According to Rainmaker data ...