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NAB Super hands investments to JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... sale price given the current property market and economic conditions and has allowed the Fund to gain greater diversification in the property market and to free up some cash," he said. JANA was appointed the fund's implemented investment consultant in ...

New year, new stocks: Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... structure of the Trust so that stock selection and asset allocation could be managed separately; reducing excessive diversification; and eliminating the overweight position in small caps and the bias towards growth stocks," said Brett Himbury, managing ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... than 10 per cent alpha over the broader market. The MSIM Australian Equities Fund offers investor' choice and diversification in core Australian equities products," said Green. "Australian companies are becoming increasingly global, especially within ...

Pengana wins $50m Auscoal mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... classes and finally, the investment increases the Fund's alternative assets portfolio which provides additional diversification. This will help the fund achieve its goal of minimising the downside," he said. The Pengana Global Volatility strategy now ...

IAG ups Malaysian stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... underwriting performance. We'll do this through further penetration of the joint venture's distribution network and diversification of its product portfolio," said Breheny. Regulatory approvals have been received for the restructure, with completion ...

Planners ignore property for profit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... residential property investment is, you can only really afford to have one or two of them and that's not a great deal of diversification...you don't normally have much left over for anything else," said Moses. The property sector - both listed and unlisted ...

Linear launches enhanced MA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... alternative to many SMA products, which can traditionally only invest in Australian equities. The LMA can provide diversification across international equities, Australian equities, fixed interest, property and cash. The managed account provides real ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Japanese pension funds are rethinking their diversification strategy and planning to reduce their domestic equities allocation in favour of more alternative assets such as absolute return products, according to a new survey. A JPMorgan Asset Management ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... prevent the fund from holding many of the companies in the ASX 50. This exclusion policy will impact the overall diversification of the fund with some managers, for example, unable to hold resources stocks, the report said. However, some SRI funds can ...

Christian Super turns to microfinance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... microfinancing is not wholly correlated to fluctuations in the equity markets, among others. The move will be a good risk diversification tool, he said. "We've been trying to get into the microfinancing space for the past 12 months but there wasn't a ...