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Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... trying to time the market or expect too much from an active manager too soon. "Having identified skilled active fund managers, investors should be prepared to remain invested long enough, at least through one economic cycle, to give the manager enough ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... investment professionals from the ethical investment sector. Very few large, mainstream superannuation funds or fund managers signed.

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... hedge funds to perform Last month the US$300 billion California public sector pension fund rattled global hedge fund managers when they announced they were cashing out of the sector. A statement released by the fund said they had approximately US$4 billion ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... are they doing about it? In September, a group representing 348 of the world's largest banks, pension funds and fund managers went to New York to deliver a statement to the United Nations Climate Summit. The statement called for carbon pricing, as well ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... expected on the final day of the September quarter. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said that hedge funds and large fund managers were balancing their books in line with trading strategies after recent heavy losses. At the start of Tuesday, the ASX200 ...

InSync lists global equity fund on mFund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
InSync Fund Managers has made its Global Titans Fund available on the ASX mFund settlement service. The fund aims to give investors exposure to sectors that are not readily available in the Australian share market, such as global healthcare IT, consumer ...

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

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Australian institutional clients invest with PIMCO, including some of the country's largest superannuation schemes and fund managers. None of the investors Financial Standard contacted were willing to comment on what the news would mean for their allocations. ...

Bespoke approach key to keeping mandates: Acadian

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Fund managers must offer their super fund clients more bespoke services if they want to stay in the game, according to Acadian head of investments in Australia David Walsh. Walsh said the move among larger super funds towards more in house investment ...

Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... testimony to the achievement of the ASX-driven initiative." There are currently 61 funds listed on mFund, provided by 19 fund managers, and seven brokers. The service launched in May. As yet the major bank-owned brokers, which account for 76% of the ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... cases. FIIG head of markets Craig Swanger said S&P's move, which it flagged in a report last week, may force many fund managers still holding these securities and financial planners to dump the hybrids because they were not allowed to hold investments ...