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Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... existing investment, but not both, CalPERS said, and consultants also should not be permitted to serve as external money managers for the fund. Similar moves could create serious upheaval in the Australian marketplace where asset consulants regularly ...

Prime Super restructures equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... allocated to the MFS Global Equity Trust and Real Index Global Equities respectively. The fund is currently appointing managers for its $350 million Australian equities portfolio, after Prime Super axed two enhanced passive mandates with BlackRock and ...

Super funds call for new fee paradigm

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... research published last month recommends a hybrid fixed dollar fee/performance fee model as a way to reward fund managers for meeting investment targets but, at the same time, not getting additional fees simply because super funds are getting bigger ...

Century replaces 452 Capital with Perennial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... the firm's Australian equities portfolio. According to a press statement, CYA received proposals from various fund managers for 452 Capital's replacement, after the announcement of 452 chief executive Lyndsey Hancock and joint investment director Suellen ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

CFS replaces 452 Capital with Integrity, CFSGAM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... Capital, it had selected Integrity Investment Management and Colonial First State Global Asset Management as replacement managers for a number of products previously managed by the company. It is understood that CFS's investments with 452 Capital account ...

S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... be agreed. The management team includes joint investment directors, Suellen Morgan and Mary Feros, the portfolio managers for the funds, and chief executive officer Lyndsey Hancock. "Following news that the senior management team at 452 do not intend ...

Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... their highest since January 2006, new figures show. According to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for April, investors are more bullish about the ability of companies to increase profitability. The number of respondents predicting ...

Van Eyk travelling quite well: Thomas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... year including a "couple" of top 100 groups and recently undertook research work in New Zealand across roughly 49 managers for a client. "The New Zealand work put an enormous strain on the organisation but those guys came through on time and met budget," ...

Cash lifelines still strong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... overweighting in cash this month compared with 29 per cent in December, figures from the Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January indicate. The threat of recession is a major factor pushing European investors in particular to take up defensive ...