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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 ...

Russell launches after-tax survey

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Russell Investments has launched an Australian equities after-tax benchmarking survey designed to help superannuation funds measure and rank after-tax returns. The survey aims to provide an independent benchmark to measure and compare investment outcomes ...

Advisers expect up to 30pc profit growth

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... challenges, according to Macquarie Practice Consulting. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2012 Financial Planning Benchmarking Survey of 304 advisers across Australia, found that 71 % of those surveyed expect profits up to 30% higher over the next ...

Private markets providing solid returns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... fees/carry by establishing a framework for identifying true 'net alpha' and then applying an appropriate benchmark. "Benchmarking the performance of private markets investments is a notoriously challenging process, but is extremely important given it ...

XPLAN remains first choice

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... Software Report examined the eight most popular fully featured planning applications based on adviser usage based on a benchmarking methodology created in consultation with developers. The report found XPLAN achieved an overall score of 89%, ahead of ...

AGEST signs GBST

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... amid the fund's move to focus on after-tax performance of Australian Equities mandates. GBST will deliver after-tax benchmarking and performance management services for six AGEST mandates. The agreement is driven by a change in focus of the Australian ...

Towers Watson leverages Deloitte talent for exec pay unit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... reward and HR due diligence and broad-based rewards including pay reviews, compensation system design and market benchmarking. "There are excellent opportunities in executive compensation consulting and this offers significant areas for future growth ...

NGS Super embraces after-tax benchmarking with FTSE ASFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... Andrews, said the firm had worked with NGS over the last 12 months through the transition period towards after-tax benchmarking, which will benefit NGS members to compare investment performance on an after tax basis. The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series ...