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MSCI Barra ups liquidity reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... there be any changes to the firm's indices, MSCI Barra expects to announce them by mid-April. MSCI Barra's International Equity indices have more than $4 trillion benchmarked to them. In November last year, the firm teamed up the with financial services ...

AUSCOAL appoints $140m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... in the SSgA wealth weighted index product," said Spadden. The LSV mandated followed a review of AUSCOAL's international equity sector. According to McSpadden, AUSCOAL's international equities portfolio stood at $786 million at the end of Decfember last ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... billion Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund has splurged on eight new mandates in a bid to overhaul its international equity portfolio. The super fund's $600 million international equity portfolio now counts Baillie Gifford, Deutsche Thematic ...

BTIM remodels AQR mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... historically provided active returns across currency management, country selection and stock selection for BTIM's international equity funds range. However, the fund manager's derivative based currency and country selection processes had become too risky ...

Bell AM appoints CEO and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... equities mandates have been outsourced to a new entity under the Karara Capital name. "There is a lack of international equity boutiques in Australia. We believe that with our strong track record of delivering outperformance in our international equity ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... said Steven Sweeney, Lonsec investment analyst. Lonsec reviewed six Australian equity SRI funds and three international equity SRI funds. The ratings firm only awarded one fund, the BT Wholesale Ethical Share Trust, a 'highly recommended' rating. The ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... said Bissaker. Bissaker said the offering will include a set of Aussie small and large cap products, and international equity funds which will be available on FirstChoice. The product will be open to retail investors via financial advisers and the FirstChoice ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... their respective 2.25 per cent and 15 per cent. The fund is now divided between Aussie equity (46 per cent), international equity (44 per cent) and international property ($A hedged), at 10 per cent. The new allocations will be effective 30 September. ...

Super fund asset allocation on hold

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... reviewing their asset allocation strategy once a year (or once every three years for some) despite local and international equity markets taking an unprecedented tumble following the credit crunch that unraveled a year ago. Has the frequency of fund ...

Who plays the PE game, wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... posted a median return of 6.4 per cent, while equity programs experienced losses of 12.3 per cent. The firm's international equity program universe also suffered burns with 8.3 per cent losses. Overall, U.S. institutional investment funds reported a ...