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Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... industry," saying that "the criticisms from active managers tend to centre on a free ride allegedly enjoyed by passive managers who do not contribute to price formation and hence to the capital allocation function of financial markets." He argued, though ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... investment strategies and implement them into investment practices. "The Asset Owner Insight team will highlight how passive managers can deploy conventional responsible investment strategies such as screening and active ownership, and provide insight ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... completing the top three, passive investment specialise dominate the list. In 2014 assets managed by the leading passive managers grew by around 12% to reach a record high of over US$15 trillion, up from around US$4.6 trillion a decade ago. "It is hardly ...

MLC MasterKey fees cut, new features

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Strategic Overlay, manager research for active defensive allocations and rebalancing capabilities, with predominantly passive managers."

Aust investment managers climb global ranks

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... managers was around US$64.7 trillion at the end of 2010, up 4.4% from the end of 2009. Assets managed by major passive managers have also grown consistently during the past ten years, increasing by 9% in 2010. For the first time since the GFC, total ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... delivering a strategy that closely tracks the index," he said. Portfolio mplementation is most important for passive managers to get trading costs down, he said. "Passive managers are typically better at implementation than active managers," he said. ...

Wellington and Omega win ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... Investors was appointed to manage a mandate for index-enhanced global sovereign bonds. The inclusion of Omega, as passive managers, will assist in reducing portfolio volatility.

REST to allocate more active Aussie eq mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... sticking with its active manager core, despite several other big industry funds allocating bigger mandates to passive managers. Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, said the fund was "strongly in the active management camp", believing that active managers ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... Global Advisors is experiencing an influx of passive style investment mandates as Aussie instos continue favouring passive managers. Robert Goodlad, senior managing director of State Street Global Advisors Australia, said State Street had been receiving ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... APFC's equity investments resolution to include the Morgan Stanley Capital World Index as the benchmark for global passive managers. It has also transferred the distressed debt portfolio managed by Crestline Investors from domestic fixed income into ...