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Energy Super CEO explains disclosure decision

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... the information they want." According to Petrou collecting the data was challenging. "We've had to talk to all our fund managers and get them to provide us that information. The conversations with the fund managers at various stages can always be interesting. ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... Standard at the S&P Dow Jones Indices Annual ETF Masterclass in Melbourne, the index expert said traditional active fund managers may be forced to review their business propositions in the light of the growth in advanced beta products. "Smart beta opens ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... head of global clients Anthony Fasso said: "In what is still a tepid recovery from the post-Lehman crisis, many fund managers are eager to reduce risk especially as their plans approach fully-funded status. "This has led them to step away from publicly-traded ...

Folkestone beefs up distribution

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... from Property Capital Partners, which provides capital raising, product development and distribution services to fund managers. Prior to Property Capital Partners, Baker was a key account manager at Charter Hall and Macquarie Group. He also was a business ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... motivation," Sweeney said. "Traditional ethical funds have different approaches to ESG funds. For example, some fund managers, such as Perpetual, Australian Ethical and Hunter Hall are providing fossil fuel free options within the Lonsec universe while ...

Custodians make managers more accountable: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... long-term risk-return strategy. Gayer argued the most prudent course of action is to stick to that strategy, which means fund managers must also stick to theirs. But one potential enemy to this prudent approach is a focus on peer risk. "I was asked a ...

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 ...