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FIIG to manage $30m bond issue for listed childcare company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... whose time has come with strong unmet investor demand and a range of benefits for corporate issuers including diversification and long-duration that is simply not available from traditional banking sources," Paton said. "Australian corporates are now ...

Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... capabilities on providing clients with actively managed, outcome-oriented, multi-asset portfolios that offer real diversification by using richer components and being more adaptive to changing markets." Russell launched its alliance approach earlier ...

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... stable of passive mandates will give us additional capacity while providing the Fund with further flexibility and diversification benefits," NZ Super's general manager portfolio completion Mark Fennell said of the mandates, which passively track market ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Australian dollar. But stripping away the noise it is clear that, for many investors who are trying to achieve diversification, it is challenging enough without the added complexity of guessing where the currency is heading," she added. Skelly continued ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
MSCI's recent upgrade of frontier markets economies has heightened the diversification risk for index strategies in the space, according to Advance Emerging Capital chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani. The changes, which come into effect in May ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... over 10,000 stocks to around 40, which it models and researches. The fund also uses futures and ETFs to achieve diversification and manage risk, with currency treated as a separate asset class and managed actively to reduce risk and protect capital. ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... pursues low costs at the expense of everything else. "If we wanted low fees without regard for return or risk or diversification then we would buy index products at effectively no cost," he said. "The implication from many active managers is that high ...

CareSuper awards $65m mandate to Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... Berman's emerging markets equities capability complements CareSuper's existing emerging equities manager, adding diversification benefits as well. Lucas Rooney, managing director, Neuberger Berman Australia, said that Australian investors continue to ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... manager Investments Matt Whineray said natural catastrophe reinsurance was attractive to the Fund. "It provides good diversification for our portfolio and the premiums provide an attractive income stream," he said. "As a long-term investor with certain ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... preferable to going toe-to-toe in an increasingly crowded domestic marketplace. "Overseas markets offer compelling diversification benefits to Australian businesses. Our industry here is incredibly competitive with more than 200 investment managers fighting ...