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State Street win $10 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
State Street Global Advisors has won $10 billion in passive equity mandates from QSuper. SSgA announced yesterday the funds will be invested in an Australian Equities Index mandate, an International Equities Index mandate and a Global REIT Index mandate. ...

Lonsec approves high income ETF

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Russell Investments High Dividend Australian Shares exchange traded fund (ETF) has been given an 'approved' rating by Lonsec. The firm's High Dividend Australian Shares ETF (RDV) is based on a Russell Australia High Dividend Index that favours blue ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
AXA Australia selected funds from Ankura Capital, Legg Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
State Street Global has acquired an exclusive license from Standard & Poor's to list and trade SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on the S&P/ASX 200. The S&P/ASX 200 is the primary gauge for the Australian equity market. It tracks the prices of ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Russell Investments has launched its high dividend Australian shares exchange traded fund (ETF). The Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF provides access to around 50 blue chip stocks that typically deliver high dividends. The portfolio contains ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The $13 billion HESTA is taking a new approach to measuring and remunerating Aussie equities fund managers by making them accountable for the tax implications of their decisions. According to a press statement by HESTA, the fund would be the first super ...

Tax and dividend boost at OptiMix

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... allocation to a typical dividend imputation strategy," said Calligeris. The introduction of the strategy will mean the franking credit yield and dividend yield of the OptiMix Wholesale Australian Shares trust will exceed the index and peer average on ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Following its latest asset allocation review, the $2.9 billion-plus Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) is set to introduce a "bias to Australian shares" across all its investment options bar one, at the expense of international equities. ...

Tyndall share fund wins four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund has been given a four star "new" rating by ratings house Standard & Poor's. According to S&P's, the Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund which is a new product designed by Tyndall Investment Management Ltd. to ...