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Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The US Investment Companies Institute (ICI) has called for retirement funds to be invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable ...

Balanced funds tip towards alternatives

A new Deloitte survey on what asset classes a balanced fund typically invests in found falling demand for fixed interest and a marked shift towards alternative assets. The survey looked at asset allocations for balanced funds in 2002 and how they compare ...

Everything old is new again, now: Schroders

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Investors would do well to get back to the basics of investing, according to Schroders, with head of Australian equities, Martin Conlon, arguing the focus on 'new' asset classes and an obsession with headline data and forecasting has led some to forget ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

... the group jointly launching Perennial Core Plus as well as WAM managing the global bond component of Perennial's Balanced Fund. Crivelli said they haven't finalised their decisions but the completion of the contract opens up an opportunity for other ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has taken out the fund manager of the year award at Standard & Poor's annual awards ceremony, held in Sydney last night in association with Morningstar-owned Investor Weekly and IFA trade publications. Also picking up ...

Spectrum Super adds and subtracts from menu

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... significant additions and some funds being removed from the list. New funds to be added to the menu are the Bendigo Balanced Fund, Future Growth Fund and Conservative Fund, the Sandhurst Industrial Share Fund and Sandhurst Select Mortgage Fund. Two other ...

JANA to manage $465 million transition for ASG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) to advise on transitioning $465 million of funds from fixed interest investments to a balanced fund allocation. The appointment of JANA is a key part of ASG's strategic decision to transition its $1.5 billion in assets ...

FSS scores as default fund for ACT Govt

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... employees to select their preferred investment options. "Our five options are high growth, diversified 70-30, our balanced fund 50-50, our cap-guarded option and cash," said Dwyer. The fund accepts employee and employer contributions, including by way ...

ING offers OneAnswer to insurance

... mean that an average investor with a $40,000 balance would save $105 per year if the funds were invested in the ING Balanced fund. Insurance premium rates for 'Death Only' and 'Death and Total and Permanent Disability' will also be reduced by an average ...

Credit Suisse CEO departs

Credit Suisse Asset Management's chief executive officer Andrew McKinnon is calling it a day after more than a decade at the helm. McKinnon, who has transformed the group's asset management business from a $1.9 billion operation back in 1995 to the ...