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Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... decisions of a number of the trust's active managers in lag through a centralised dealing desk. Intech has also appointed Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) to a value-oriented tax-based mandate. "Our work on after-tax investing has highlighted significant ...

Good times keep rolling for ASX funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... "Lazard's Select Australian Equity fund, which adopts a value-style, took second place with a 34.09 percent. [But] Dimensional Australian Value Trust, a quantitative based strategy with over 200 stocks in the portfolio and a mid-cap bias, also performed ...

Watson Wyatt loses senior consultant to Hyperion

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... roots, given his jobs prior to Watson Wyatt at Westpac, Credit Suisse and in the UK at Lazard Brothers, Fidelity and Dimensional Asset Management. The pair are already familiar, as Spence previously conducted research into the company as part of his ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... executive officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, said, "Financial literacy will always be multi-dimensional, and achieving these goals of course requires cross-curricular and collaborative approaches." Clitheroe said the program ...

Navigator broadens its horizons

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... bumps future markets may throw up," Fechner said. "These funds are adding appeal to what used to be a fairly dry, one dimensional asset class. It is now less about fixed interest and more about a layered investment strategy of sovereign, corporate and ...

Another Dimension to DFA

Flush from the success of its current suite of products, leading fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has today launched a new fund that follows the same winning formula but with a global tilt. DFA senior portfolio manager Andrew Cain said that ...

DFA funds "holy grail" research on Aussie equities

One of the leading passive fund managers in the world, Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has funded an Australian-based research to find the "holy grail" model of evaluating Australian equities. UQ Business School's head Professor Tim Brailsford, Monash ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... JBWere Property Securities Wholesale Fund picked up the award for listed property securities manager of the year. Dimensional Global Value Trust was named global equities manager of the year. Tyndall International Bond Fund was awarded global fixed income ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

... is to transfer his clients to other wraps and is considering using either Macquarie or BT wrap. As an investor in Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), he said he is limited to choosing the wraps that will provide DFA. Matthew Rady, head of product and marketing ...

Mercer breaks into retail MTM

... shares and overseas shares. Drilling deeper into the fund uncovers well-known managers including Principal Global, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Barclays Global, Loomis, Sales & Co, Mellon Global and Vanguard. Asked why growth assets are included in an ...