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Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Institutional investors turning to low volatility equity strategies to help manage risk in their portfolios must be prepared to take a very active and flexible approach, leading proponents of the strategy have warned. Low volatility equity investing ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... "It is no longer sufficient to have an allocation to bulk beta and one or two active managers to construct an equity portfolio. The onus is now firmly on the asset owner to develop their own portfolio construction skills, or partner with someone to get ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...

Insync Fund Management appoints senior analyst

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Insync Fund Management, an independently owned global equity manager based in Sydney, has appointed Nitesh Patel as a senior investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager. Patel works within Insync's flagship international equities fund, Global ...

Bennelong WP creates CIO position

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Bennelong Wealth Partners, has appointed George Nassios to the newly created role of chief investment officer. He will report to Bennelong Wealth Partners chief executive Fiona Rowland. Nassios was previously the chief investment officer for Deutsche ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... versus Dymocks. Innovation happens and price disruption occurs. We need to move on." DGI runs a single global equity portfolio out of its Edinburgh headquarters and fees were a large consideration from day one. McFarlane set up the firm with former Aegon ...

Dundas wins $240m super fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Dundas Partners has been awarded a $240 million mandate by an unnamed large Australian superannuation fund. Dundas is the investment manager behind the Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund, which was opened to Australian investors in September 2012 and ...

Peters MacGregor Global Fund added to netwealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Peters MacGregor Global Fund, a high conviction, bottom up and deep value global equity manager, has been added to the Netwealth platform. Founded in 1999, Peters MacGregor is a Sydney based boutique investment manager that specializes in building ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... with lower beta and plenty of active risk. It's experienced lower levels of volatility than the average global equity portfolio.

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
While Australian investors now recognise they must broaden their horizons beyond domestic equities to take advantage of the growth opportunities available across the globe, favoured destinations like China and other South East Asian economies will not ...