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Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Investors' misunderstanding of 'smart beta' is leading them to inferior products, according to AXA Investment Managers director for Australia, Craig Hurt. Hurt said there is a common misconception that the term refers to indices weighted by some means ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... allocation of the MySuper option," he noted. "Rice Warner would expect higher fees from higher levels of: growth assets; active management; unlisted assets." He added that some funds provide life-cycle products which decrease exposure to growth assets ...

Liquidnet increases average trade size in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Global institutional trading network Liquidnet grew its average Australian trade size to $1.8 million for the first quarter of the year, up from $1.7 million at the end of 2014. The company reported that this figure is 390 times greater than the $4,680 ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
Australian investors want to increase their allocation to active management over the next 12 months, according to a new survey from Franklin Templeton Investments. The global fund manager asked more than 100 attendees at its recent Asia Pacific Investor ...

Admin issues delay AMP NZ equities mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... said. The mandate followed a process in which AMP Capital analysed a number of expressions of interest it received from active equity managers, formed a shortlist and selected the preferred manager following extensive due diligence.

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Four funds from Van Eck's exchange-traded funds arm, Market Vectors, have been added to Colonial First State's FirstWrap platform. Established in 2006, Market Vectors has ETFs that cover multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currency ...

NZ Super suspends Milford AM mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... (FMA) investigation into the fund manager is completed. Until then, NZ Super will manage the NZ$281 million ($276 million) active equity mandate internally. The super fund had awarded the mandate to Milford AM in 2009. Founded in 2003, the firm is led ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Fund manager Epoch Investment Partners has blamed the relatively poor performance of active managers in recent years on the market distorting impact of quantitative easing and says talented stock pickers will come good again soon. S&P Dow Jones recently ...

Global property securities growth to continue

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... sector is to identify funds managed by high quality investment teams and investment process, but with sufficient levels of active management."

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The average active fund's performance versus index strategies has worsened compared to the previous six months, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of ...