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Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
Benchmarking is close to being legislated, van Eyk's head of Strategic Research and Asset Consulting Jonathan Ramsay said during van Eyk's 10th annual conference last week. According to Ramsay, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ...

SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... is a aggregate benchmark performance with the added cost of active fees," he explained. To counter the effect of benchmarking, SSgA announced the launch of its Global Managed Volatility Alpha (MVA) strategy to Australian investors. The fund, headed up ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
A start-up online investment community designed initially for Baby Boomers has won a surprising number of GenX and GenY clients, suggesting a broader market of investors keen to swap their investment know-how online. Melbourne-based SelfWealth is an ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... which are considered to have the best pension systems in the world, it said. Mercer's paper - Tax & Superannuation: Benchmarking Australia against the world's best retirement savings systems - tests the validity of the argument that Australians' superannuation ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... corporate superannuation funds, developed the new program with Parametric, which specialises in after-tax investing, benchmarking and reporting capabilities. Portfolio structure, including active/passive and asset class strategy decisions, can be altered ...

Financial advisers raise bar in quest to succeed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... methodology and processes have become tougher and more stringent each year. "We've seen the introduction of greater benchmarking and client surveying and the involvement of the Beddoes Institute has been a great addition to that process."

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Super funds should give members detailed information on where funds are being invested, and benchmark allocations against an international standard, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has said. Medcraft has previously argued in favour of detailed asset allocation ...

GBST Quant and Russell alliance to foster tax-aware investing

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... Technology solutions provider GBST announced today that its GBST Quant capabilities will provide customised after-tax benchmarking for the new Russell After-Tax Survey, due to launch late August. Russell Investments has designed the After-Tax Survey ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... AXA Investment Managers. A major aspect of this re-evaluation is acceptance that they are relying too heavily on benchmarking and that need to rethink their investment strategies, they said. These approaches include assembling sources of beta and then ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... transfers to the Asia-Pacific Sentinel team to take a role in transactional services, including foreign-exchange benchmarking and fee reviews. "We are now running the business along four areas of specialisation: transition management, operational risk ...