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Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... product side of things but most multi-managers have been disappointing." He said they got it wrong because "[their asset allocation choices] were too static, they have high fees and they became too much like an index." Advisers are responding by increasing ...

TWUSUPER rejigs investment mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... and defensive split for the long term, and foresees a shift back to 75/25 within 12 months. And when the fund's asset allocation reverts back to the 75/25 arrangement, Killen said TWUSUPER could then hunt for a new hedge fund manager. "When we revert ...

Super funds should own fund managers: Gray

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... to slash agency costs and remove excessive choice, said industry veteran, Jack Gray. Gray, former co-head of asset allocation at GMO and current adjunct professor at UTS, argues that one of the ways funds could cut cost and manage the headache of too ...

BlackRock tops multi-sector review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... Poor's Fund Services, said BlackRock is one of the few managers to consistently generate alpha from its tactical asset allocation strategies. "S&P views the fund's portfolio construction process favourably as it uses a risk budgeting process which effectively ...

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... into existing Australian equities mandates, and a further $20 million to international equities as part of its asset allocation rebalancing process. However, investment mandates are not the only aspects of the fund that have been undergoing change. Legalsuper ...

Macquarie Private Bank appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... sector at Macquarie where he was a portfolio manager of private equity fund of funds. He was also a former head of asset allocation at Macquarie Funds Group (MFG) As part of Macquarie Group's Equity Markets Group, he analysed stock market sectors and ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... are: Australian Hedge Fund of the Year Winner - Fortitude Capital Absolute Return Trust Finalist - BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Class D Finalist - Kohinoor Series Two Fund Contribution to the Australian Hedge Fund Industry John Currie, Partner ...

Consultants back super communication

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Asset consultants are doubling their efforts to provide education material to super fund members, as funds ramp up their commitment to allay members' worries in a post GFC world, said an industry expert. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented ...

Military Super revamps strategic asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Military Super has overhauled the strategic asset allocation throughout four of its five investment options following the fund's annual investment review. Starting 15 October, the fund, which had $3.1 billion in assets under management at the end of ...

Property still in favour

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Planners with clients looking to rejig their asset allocation take note - more than 70 per cent of consumers are preferring property over shares, figures from Archicentre show. A snap consumer poll by Archicentre, the building advisory service of the ...