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AUSCOAL Super adds another cash manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Management (CFS GAM) to invest funds in high-rated and secure cash investments. An AUSCOAL Super statement said the investment mandate is designed to make its cash option's returns more consistent while reducing the chance of a negative return. CFS GAM ...

S&P gives DNR three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star rating to the Dalton Nicol Reid Australian Equity Growth Incrementus Portfolio, a separately managed account model portfolio (SMA) offered by Dalton Nicol Reid (DNR). DNR is a Brisbane-based ...

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Public Investment Corporation, the investment management arm of the Republic of South Africa, has gone live on the Charles River Investment Management System across its fixed income and money market operations. As a result, PIC users are now able to ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Custodians under review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Having spent much of the past 18 months chopping and dicing investment mandates, super funds are now turning their attention on their custody contracts and how their custodian performed during the GFC. Greg O'Sullivan, head of investor services business ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Asset consultant Frontier, which has $91 billion in funds under advice, has sent a letter last week to all the external fund managers of its super fund clients to consider charging flat dollar fees, instead of asset-based fees, on their investment mandates. ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... Share fund have more than $120 million in funds under management. Lovett said, aside from the new manager, the investment mandate for the Asian fund has been broadened to include India and the China Share fund can now invest in Taiwanese stocks. Challenger's ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
Macquarie Global Investments' Professional Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager ...

TWUSUPER rejigs investment mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The $2 billion TWUSUPER has cut its exposure to domestic listed property trusts to focus solely on international LPTs, and is considering allocating more funds to credit, infrastructure, emerging markets and hedge fund managers. Andrew Killen, chief ...

Legalsuper seeks hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
The $1.2 billion legalsuper is looking to allocate mandates to hedge fund and credit investment managers. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the industry fund, said he was considering allocating between two to three per cent of the fund's current $1.2 ...