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Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... cost (as the "core" portion of the portfolio is in indexed investments) and capture alpha from a select group of active managers but with the risk hedged. "Capital protection can enable investors to take exposure to unfamiliar assets, especially those ...

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, said the fund was "strongly in the active management camp", believing that active managers would be better suited to bring in higher returns post-GFC. "We'd have to be multiples of the size we are now before we would ...

Platform money flows back into markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... financial advisers," he said. "We're seeing a real drive back into simplicity although we are starting to see the good active managers get support again." While platform flows are targeting listed markets again, Kenny said support for cash products is ...

APFC seeks absolute return director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... investment opportunities. The incumbent will manage the rebalancing program via derivatives, ETF's, index funds and active managers for the entire portfolio. Additionally, the selected candidate will provide knowledge, perspective, input, and assistance ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... 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, principal ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... said AustralianSuper could save millions per annum after rehashing the fund's mandate line-up to cull some of its active managers and focus more on passive management. Rubin said a 10 per cent increase in passive management for example can add 3.2 basis ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... with the super fund. "It's a fairly significant change," said Lambert. "We were of the view that we had too many active managers replicating each other's positions and by the volume of managers that we had in our rosters, we weren't able... to be effectively ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... to plain, transparent, index-following funds. But while Goodlad is quick to point out instos are not abandoning active managers, he said there is nonetheless a prevalent trend that investors were increasingly hiring passive managers as part of their ...

Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Active managers are paid to make big calls outside the benchmark and fund manager Nicholas Applegate did just that before the bottom fell out of Wall Street. Pedro Marcal, who is second in command to US-based chief investment officer and managing director ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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