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NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... countries' equity markets, the NZ share market is small and quite illiquid. It said capacity is particularly important for active managers in the NZ market, despite recent strong returns increasing the market's size. "Regardless of size, an active manager ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... is room for passive investment as shown by QSuper who "have a very big, core, passive portfolio." Rice said a case where active management can be problematic is lifecycle funds. "They [lifecycle funds] worry too much about sequencing risk to the point ...

Gradual progress on super fund digital engagement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... News reported in August 2015 there are 14,000,000 Facebook accounts, 13,900,000 YouTube members and just over 2,791,000 active Twitter accounts," said the report. "With minor increments in growth in this area (Facebook 38% 2014, YouTube 42% 2014 and ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Finance Sector Union (FSU) national secretary Fiona Jordan is expected to know more about her future today after making seething comments on the union's executive earlier this week. The FSU's national executive is reported to be meeting today and is ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... relaxed. "ETFs have shown up the low value-add part of our industry. People are running benchmark hugging strategies with low active shares and charging full-freight fees on them. I think the passive industry has done a wonderful service for society." ...

Former Madison FG adviser banned

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
ASIC has banned a former Madison Financial Group adviser for five-and-a-half years. Michael Kolody worked as a Madison representative between July 2010 and January 2014. ASIC's statement said that during that time, he provided inappropriate advice ...

MySuper fees force super fund to exit high return strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... products evolve and get ready for 2017 they're moving to passive -they're doing it right now- and moving out of these more active options, and that's going to continue." Also speaking to the media, Create Research chief executive Professor Amin Rajan ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
David Heather has been waiting for managed accounts to take off since 2001. The managedaccounts.com.au chief executive has watched interest grow across the investment spectrum, from large institutions to retail accumulators, but he's never seen any ...

HUB24 appoints former FSC director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... the successful merger with Shadforth to form SFG in 2011," said HUB24 chair Bruce Higgins. "Tony has since been highly active and engaged in consulting to the financial services sector on an ongoing basis and we look forward to his contribution as a ...

Tempo gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... and managing quantitative investment strategies, previously at BT Investment Management. Tempo's Global Equity Fund is an active investment strategy that aims to outperform the MSCI World over the long term. Tempo builds better beta in global equities ...