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IFSA slams proposed default fund

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... [we have] an index fund then who will create efficiency in the market? If the index players start crowding the active managers, who's going to set up the [market] prices, given the index fund is rear looking?" Livanas believes that a single index fund ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... adding a unit trust later in the year. "Australian clients are increasingly demanding value for money from their active managers" said Maria Wilton, managing director at Franklin Templeton Investments in Australia. "This is reflected in a number of market ...

A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... said. "However, these trends do occur in cycles and historically the performance of more long-term value oriented active managers tend to come back robustly once these less fundamentals-based cycles run their natural course." Russell's Market Barometer ...

Fund managers must raise benchmarks

... volatility of actively managed funds, investors are better off investing on the index. But Fiani puts a case for active managers when he said that it is through shareholder activism of actively managed funds, such as Integrity, that ensures the investors ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... therefore less capital gains tax. Vanguard will implement the investment decisions of a number of the trust's active managers in lag through a centralised dealing desk. Intech has also appointed Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) to a value-oriented tax-based ...

To tailor or not to tailor

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... where planners put money into a core of passive funds and allocate a fraction of the portfolio into satellite or active managers, could have traction, as it would mean planners could keep the flexibility to tailor a portfolio to a client's needs, but ...

Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... individual investor. "The key is to use indexing as a central building block of a portfolio and then finding quality active managers to add alpha or outperformance to the satellite component of the portfolio," Michael Houlihan, manager of retail products ...

New look diversified funds recommended: Lonsec

... Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) sold its Australian funds management businesses. Consequently, it appointed two new active managers last month, Challenger Managed Investments and Schroder Investment Management Australia, and passive manager State Street ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... Management. As part of its Australian equities manager line-up review, Zurich has appointed Challenger and Schroders as active managers and State Street as a passive manager. Aberdeen has been appointed to manage Australian fixed income and cash. "We ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... "Therefore the key is to use indexing as a central building block of a portfolio, and then try to find quality active managers to add alpha or outperformance." But finding active managers is the hard part. "Like Europe, the Australian marketplace is ...

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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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