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CareSuper adds infrastructure debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... advantage of the good risk-adjusted returns," he said. In the last year, the super fund has also given mandates to Australian equities managers Schroder Investment Management Australia ($200 million) and Perennial Value Management ($100 million). The ...

IAS pools $650m in managed accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... implementing discretionary portfolios services for intermediaries across a range of security types including Australian equities, hybrids, term deposits, managed funds, government bonds, cash and other selected assets.

Performance fees more popular: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... between 15 per cent and 20 per cent. The fund with the highest performance fee of 30 per cent, Solaris Core Australian Equities, however offset it with a very low ongoing fee of 10 basis points. High water marks were also an important safeguard. Funds ...

Small Companies fund bags three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... targets long-term investors seeking smaller capitalisation securities listed on the ASX. It is 100% invested in Australian equities. Pre Select International Equity Fund, which MLC also took under its wing in July 2010, remains on hold until a review ...

Premium China expands fixed interest portfolio

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... going against the traditional asset allocation for an Australian investor, where the bulk of the funds go to Australian equities, not Asian equities. "We are a financial planning dealer group as well and we have significantly reformulated what a balanced ...

Instreet taps adviser demand for commodities

INSTREET UPDATE  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... has launched a series of new products designed to give investors access to commodities, Asian equities and Australian equities. Instreet has added another five customised investments from its Link and Mast Series, namely Instreet Link Series 25 to 28 ...

Former Count head of research joins Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... Count Financial late last year. The $5.5 billion-plus fund manager runs a suite of managed funds including in Australian Equities, Australian Resources and Sustainable Investment. Last November, the group expanded into managed accounts with the launch ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... optimistic about other markets, particularly China. Speaking at a lunch briefing yesterday, Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroder Investment Management, made a strong case for investing more into the US. "The US is very competitive ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... "If we assume the cost of propagation is $200,000 per annum then a fund requires at least $500 million in Australian equities before the value of the quoted maximum potential benefit exceeds the cost." The report said that while propagation is a sound ...

Future Fund returns 7.5pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... billion fund reduced its cash holdings from 15.8 per cent to 11.4 per cent of total assets. Allocation to both Australian equities and global equities were down slightly, by 1.2 per cent and 1.8 per cent, respectively. Debt securities investments also ...