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Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

Super funds to re-jig mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... Trustees (AIST) survey found strong support to integrate climate change issues into the investment process. "Asset consultants are key gatekeeper in the investment chain of super funds. For trustees to really effectively manage climate risks and capture ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... including a lack of effective ESG research across the industry - from many listed companies, fellow signatories, asset consultants and investment managers. Addressing this internally, CFS GAM said almost every asset class within the group has an ESG ...

QSuper seeks investment strategy head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... budgeting at fund level, among others. The candidate is also expected to manage outsourced investment managers and asset consultants, and help oversee beta exposures across asset classes including decisions around dynamic asset and risk allocation. According ...

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... super funds compare transition managers based on fees - a comparison tool that has caught the attention of major asset consultants. Inalytics scored a hiring coup when it appointed Graham Dixon, the former managing director and head of European transition ...

Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... consultants. "The program provides essential theoretical and practical grounding for investment researchers and asset consultants," said Ben Davis, senior associate at Zenith Partners who was awarded the Blackrock Scholarship last year. Blackrock Investment ...

Alleron focuses on cash and mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... more of a differentiation between the successful boutiques and those that are not quite in that camp because asset consultants are far more sensitised to issues of capital than they were previously," he said. "If you see a 10 per cent decline in funds ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... conducted the course last month in Perth and Melbourne, and recently held a session in Sydney. Trustees, lawyers, asset consultants and other investment professionals are able to book a corporate course of their own dates by contacting ASFA.

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... interest in Aussie equities reflects similar sentiment across the investment industry, including fund managers and asset consultants. Yesterday, top performing funds management Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor told the Financial Standard ...

S&P downgrades UBS Equity Income to sell

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Anderson are responsible for developing the UBS GAM business, and building relationships with researchers and asset consultants, according to the S&P note. Meanwhile, Lonsec has retained its "investment grade" rating and Navigator maintained its "buy" ...