The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 183 results for "Active investment"

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 ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014

... with 25% in Europe and 14% in New Zealand. The report also showed that the fund heavily favours passive over active investment, with 70% of its investments managed this way. Chairman Gavin Walker, chairman of NZ Super Fund, said the salary and cost structure ...

Drastically limit number of default funds: Grattan CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014

... Australia." Another way to reduce costs, Daley said, was to introduce mandate the use of passive rather than active investment strategies. "I have spoken to some of the architects of 'MySuper', and the response from them has been, "with the glorious ...

Perennial chief executive steps down

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014

... Invesco. He has close to 30 years' experience in the financial services industry. Perennial is a specialist, active investment management firm. Formed in 1999 through a joint venture between senior investment professionals and IOOF, Perennial manages ...

Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014

... strategy. It will be run by former BT Investment Management head of macro strategies Joe Bracken. "Tempo operates an active investment strategy that aims to outperform global indices over time. The team's philosophy is based on the premise that many ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013

... flawed, inadvertently giving rise to unexpected geographical exposures, according to one of the world's largest active investment managers Capital Group. Following a 30 to 40 year period of increasing globalisation, many of the world's companies now ...

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013

Australia's exchange traded product (ETP) market has expanded rapidly in 2013, reaching a record $8.8 billion in assets according to the latest ASX Funds Monthly Update. The report shows Australia's ETP industry, has grown by 61% in the 12 months to ...

Former Deutsche AM CEO joins Brookvine

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Stephen O'Brien has been made executive director at advisory and marketing firm Brookvine. O'Brien was at Deutsche for five years. Before that he worked at Schroders and at Tyndall Investment Management. ...

PAGE:

BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

Videos

Brought to you by

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Strength amid noise

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Follow the leaders

A guaranteed future

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE