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Macquarie Dividend Run-Up fund launched

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... total returns. However, without thorough risk management and due diligence, this strategy can lead to substantial underperformance," said van der Westhuyzen. "The new fund gives investors access to MSI's experience, expertise and risk management strategies ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... business and our clients would be at a distinct disadvantage because we're running twice as much money." The underperformance of many active managers in the wake of the GFC, coupled with increased regulatory pressure, has put a greater focus on fees ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... Management's (Platinum) chief executive Kerr Neilson is confident that the fund will be able to turn around a period of underperformance in its flagship International Fund, saying that the current state of the market has turned to favour Platinum's investment ...

Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
NAB Private Wealth has warned its clients that jettisoning a managed fund for recent underperformance could be an unsatisfactory strategy. Citing a recent US study into the behaviour of retail investors, the bank's private banking division said that ...

APRA warns licensees warning about 3 day rollovers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... breach them by failing to meet these standards although it's left to RSE licensees at this stage to determine what underperformance criteria qualifies as a "significant" breach. APRA has warned licensees they will use their new considerable powers to ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... 1980s but they came under fire following the global financial crisis in which a liquidity crunch led to dramatic underperformance. However, PineBridge global head of equities Robin Thorn said the old-style quant approaches suffered because they generally ...

Super fund return expectations unrealistic

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... including the European sovereign debt crisis and the US fiscal cliff, have all contributed recent equity market underperformance which shows little sign of abating. McDonald agreed that the ASX's recent march towards the 5,000 mark was driven predominantly ...

ASX favourites likely to dish more cash in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... "Therefore picking the highest yielding stocks without conducting thorough due diligence can lead to substantial underperformance." Van Munster picks the major banks as strong dividend payers in 2013. "As long as credit growth is below, say, seven to ...

In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... David Hartley, chief investment officer at Sunsuper, said an even more tangible risk is that problems such as underperformance will be owned by the fund itself rather than being externalised to an outside investment manager. "How will the fund handled ...

Thank you, xie xie, arigato

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012