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BT adds 33 new funds to Wrap Essentials

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... managed funds, insurance and margin lending, in one secure online account. The new funds have been added across Aussie equities, cash, fixed interest, international shares and property securities, among others. Terry Millett, chief executive of Newcastle ...

LUCRF Super hires new Aussie eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... classes within the fund. LUCRF Super announced this morning that the changes were a result of a restructure of the Aussie equities sector, conducted by the fund's internal investment team in conjunction with asset consultant, Watson Wyatt. Meanwhile ...

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 ...

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... their "best ideas are played out quite strongly", said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer of ipac. The firm's Aussie equities book is now divided between Lazard, Barclays Global Investors, GMO and Schroder. Mandates with Maple-Brown Abbott, MIR Investment ...

Military Super revamps strategic asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... There is also a marginal 3 per cent increase to international equities exposure. Meanwhile cash, international and Aussie equities, along with property also received increased allocations in the growth (default) option. The only strategy to remain unchanged ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... from 50 per cent. International shares will receive a ten per cent boost to its allocation, thanks to the cut to Aussie equities. International equities will now make up 60 per cent of ESSSuper's allocation to shares. According to a media statement ...

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Active Aussie equities managers will continue to win mandates with the $14 billion REST Super as the fund said it was sticking with its active manager core, despite several other big industry funds allocating bigger mandates to passive managers. Damian ...

BGI and BlackRock mandates under review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Westscheme is intensely scrutinising the fates of the mandates within its $630 million Aussie equities portfolio, which is currently divided between Barclays Global Investors ($380 million) and BlackRock ($250 million), after the two firms announced ...

RBS restructures Aussie equities team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed a new head of equity capital markets (Australia) and named three new members to its Australian equities team. RBS has appointed David Goffage as head of equity capital markets Australia, replacing Patrick Broughton ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... recent turnaround. "We've always had the view that you have to be actively managed in those asset classes [such as Aussie equities], there is quite compelling evidence of alpha and outperformance and additional returns from active management," said Eagleton. ...