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KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... real estate and private equity businesses, saw a need for something other than traditional fund mangers and asset consultants to assist investors. Typically, said O'Leary, super funds have been relying on the fund managers to say "this is a good deal ...

Veteran asset consultant to bridge gap: AXA IM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
The $700 billion global fund manager, AXA Investment Managers, hopes to forge stronger links with key asset consultants in Australia through its most recent major hire, ex-Mercer global CIO Tim Gardener. Gardener joined AXA IM late this year as the ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
While local funds and asset consultants continue to debate investment fee structures, one of the world's most influential pension funds is insisting that nearly all fees be incentive based - and other remuneration structures discarded. The board of ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... administrative and operational headaches to the table, and on the investment front, it gets even more complex. Asset consultants will end up deciding the fate of many mandates. First State uses JANA while Health Super currently employs Towers Watson. ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... because QFII licenses are had to come by. ASF's investment director Sally Humphris said that from discussions with asset consultants, the company believes there is an appetite for exposure to mainland Chinese equities. There are almost 2,000 companies ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... shows. More than three quarters (72 per cent) of 63 respondents which included fund managers, super funds and asset consultants in RBC Dexia's Australian investment industry poll believed the Johnson Report's recommendation to be the most significant ...

AMIST Super takes driver's seat on cash and bonds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... BTIM will be working more closely with Pham on the bond mandate. This reflects a trend reported early on by asset consultants about insto investors becoming more hands-on with monitoring their assets even if the day-to-day management is outsourced to ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... equities investments. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, said key executives of the fund, along with asset consultants from Jana Investment Advisers (the fund's consultant), have made a visit to Asia to establish an on-the-ground gauge of the ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... asset consulting relationship. The five-year deal with Mercer follows a tender process that included six other asset consultants. Mercer replaces PSI Investments, which re-tendered for the contract, after their five-year contract with the fund expired ...

Omega wins Medibank and Telstra Super mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... Telstra Super). "In terms of interest in the strategy, there's interest among super funds and also the major asset consultants in the community. "Investors in Australia are realising the wisdom in accessing overseas bond opportunities in terms of risk ...