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PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
PIMCO's Australian bond fund has outperformed Australian shares over the past ten years and actively managed income funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and ...

Certitude partners with Threadneedle on global fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Certitude Global Investments will distribute international asset manager, Threadneedle Investments, Global Equity Fund, targeting the high net wealth market and retail markets. The exclusive partnership formed after Certitude completed a 12 month review ...

Continuum sees value as active managers scrape past benchmark

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... which returned 29.4%. Mercer's survey highlighted a disappointing year for Australian share funds, with the average active manager outperforming the benchmark by just 0.1%, well shy of the 1.3% long-term average. Continuum partners Brett McElwee and ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The rise of exchange traded funds (ETF) is putting pressure on active fund managers and attracting financial advisers, according to a new ETF report released today. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report predicts that ETF investor numbers will ...

Russell funds get stars

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
The Russell Australian After Tax Fund has been assigned a four-star 'NEW' rating by Standard & Poor's (S&P) and its Russell Enhanced Income Shares Fund has been awarded a three-star 'NEW' rating by the research and ratings house. The Russell Australian ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Corporate merger and acquisition activity could be set to spark the Australian REITs sector back to life as investors act to realise the value of net tangible assets (NTA). A-REITs continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
Investment managers Macquarie Group won 20 new mandates last year - the most of any institution - putting it well ahead of second-placed Schroders according to the latest edition of Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report. Schroders won 14 mandates, beating ...

Indexing warning as ETFs surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... going into index providers and ETFs and then people thinking they can manage their own portfolio better than an active manager. "We think that's actually a sad thing and not what you should be doing long term in your portfolio," said Long. Deborah Fuhr ...

UniSuper second global tech mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
UniSuper makes its second investment mandate this year into global technology, investing over $200 million in US-firm, RCM. During the last 12 months the super fund upgraded global technology from a beta investment to alpha after completing extensive ...

Zenith releases Aus Equity large cap review

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
Two funds were upgraded and two were downgraded in Zenith Investment Partners 2011 Australian large cap sector review. The core growth Schroder Wholesale Australian Equity Fund was upgraded to 'Highly Recommended' and the high alpha Patersons Wholesale ...