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Zurich enhances its blend

... component of index management to the blend. The inclusion of Barclay Global Investors comes after consultation with van Eyk Research. Zurich's International Share Blend has performed well over the last 12 months. A recent Chant West Multi-Manager Survey ...

Super funds team up to promote member education

... seminars, work place visits and feedback through call centres and fund websites. The campaign comes of the back of a research study commissioned by the three funds which revealed low levels of interest, awareness and understanding in the general population ...

The active management game is hard to play

State Street Global Advisors (SsgA) research survey on manager persistency has concluded that although the majority of active managers have beaten the 'performance threshold' the trend is not consistent over time. The survey conducts an analysis on ...

Four stars to Merrill Lynch's monthly income fund: ASSIRT

... maturities and insufficient spreads. The fund focuses on global debt securities offering the best risk-adjusted returns. Research is obtained both from internal resources and third party security research of regional investment teams. Research focuses ...

Equity Trustees on top in fixed interest

Managed funds research house InvestorWeb has released its annual fixed interest sector review with the Equity Trustees- PIMCO fixed interest products receiving 'exceptional buy' recommendations. The review covered 37 funds within the Australian fixed ...

Investing pre-tax or post tax? That is the question: Navigator

According to Navigator research manager Stuart Fechner some investment decisions can be attractive on an after-tax basis but unattractive on a pre-tax basis causing dilemma as fund managers are measured against each other by asset consultants and research ...

APRA bolsters research team

APRA has upgraded its research team with the appointments of Dr Neil Esho, Professor Ian Sharpe and Dr Wilson Sy to its in-house research unit. APRA's chairman John Laker said applied research is critical in helping APRA identify some of the risk issues ...

Multi-manager investing on the rise

... multi-manager asset management products will continue to gain worldwide popularity. The report was compiled by independent research house Cerulli Associates and predicted a continued expansion of global multi-manager products by 14 per cent compounded ...

Morningstar concentrates on Bernstein's outperformance

... a global approach to regional markets using a relative value strategy driven by a quantitative model and fundamental research. Morningstar states "while this plays well to the firm's strength and structure, one implication is that the global industry-based ...

Navigator offers more choice

... hand for investment has risen with the inclusion of two Australian Ethical Funds and one Hunter Hall Fund. Navigator research manager Stuart Fechner said "Navigator is committed to offering a broad selection of investment types for all investors, regardless ...