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NZ Superannuation completes five new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... will manage the fund's treasury activities and portfolio investments. Neil Williams, formerly general manager asset allocation, has been appointed as chief investment advisor and head of strategic tilting. Williams joined the Guardians in 2008 from UBS ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... confront an era of market unpredictability." Benjamin Brodsky, managing director and global head of fixed income asset allocation at BlackRock in the UK added that its human nature to stick with the familiar. "Narrowness can cause fixed income professionals ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... reverse course and keep the easing going well into the recovery," said Fidelity Worldwide Investment's director of asset allocation Trevor Greetham. Greetham said that the Federal Reserve's actions support Fidelity's longstanding overweighing of United ...

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation disclosure on member statements, saying in March this year that simply reporting major holdings leaves "room for cynicism". ...

J.P. Morgan launches risk measure tool

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... designed to support institutional investors with their decision-making around investment manager selection and asset allocation," he said.

Politicking befogs equities: AMP Capital

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... "Investing in shares is increasingly perceived to be risky and fruitless," said Nader Naeimi, head of dynamic asset allocation at AMP Capital. "The widespread risk aversion, however, can have very different implications for future returns to what is ...

Lifecycle discussion needs context: Milliman

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... something else for a particular segment of the market. "Where we are seeing a lot of change now is starting with asset allocation, so whether it's a fund or an overlay or delivered through a platform, the key point is as people enter retirement, it's ...

Strategy & name change for Aberdeen fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... services analyst at S&P. Yap said to achieve this revised outcome, the manager will adopt a dynamic approach to asset allocation, deviating from the existing SAA+ tactical overlay approach. "As a consequence, existing portfolio positions will be subject ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has finally entered the superannuation fray and launched two low cost products in partnership with MAP Funds Management. CUA is Australia's largest mutual bank with $9bn in assets under management, almost one-fifth of the ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... speaking after the release of a survey by AXA IM that showed investors are finding decisions around mandate design, asset allocation and new investment opportunities more challenging in the post 'Goldilocks' economic environment. AXA IM defines a 'Goldilocks' ...