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Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... provides the benefits of live pricing typically associated with exchange traded funds and, importantly, offers active investment management where ETFs do not. With fees at 1.35%, the cost of the existing Magellan Global Equities Fund, which replicates ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... said as global demand for Australia's agricultural products continues to increase the industry will require active investment at both a domestic and international level. "The majority of current large scale investment has either been debt funded or is ...

Tempo gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... quantitative investment strategies, previously at BT Investment Management. Tempo's Global Equity Fund is an active investment strategy that aims to outperform the MSCI World over the long term. Tempo builds better beta in global equities through its ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
James Rothenberg, the chairman of active investment management giant Capital Group, has died at the age of 69. Rothenberg, who recently celebrated 45 years with the company, suffered a heart attack on 21 July. He served in a variety of leadership positions ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically pick stocks, often on a daily basis ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... options: RBF Growth, RBF Balanced, RBF Moderate, and lifecycle option, RBF MyPath. Based in Zurich, GAM is a purely active investment manager with $US127 billion in FUM. RBF has managed superannuation for Tasmanian public sector employees since 1904 ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... (FoFA) where advisers don't receive commissions for investments. At the same time, investors become more aware of active investment. "The implementation of FoFA has created a more level playing field for ETFs, advisers won't be looking only at investments ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... are promoting 'smart beta' strategies, but it's also why institutional investment clients are tilting their active investment allocations towards areas that are very hard to optimise such as private equity, hedge funds and infrastructure. However, to ...

Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... 0.23% for industry funds. The reduction in fees has been accompanied by increased use of passive rather than active investment management.A The percentage of assets passively managed by a representative basket of retail funds has risen from 24.0% in ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... product. BT's head of retail and corporate superannuation Vicki Doyle said BT Super for Life was also committed to active investment. "There are all sorts of views on how you get there, but we fundamentally believe in active management," she told Financial ...