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Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... active approach. "When world growth was going strongly all boats rose with the tide and sector volatility was low, active manager performance as shown by the dispersion between top and bottom quartile managers, was low and within four per cent sometimes," ...

Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Active managers are paid to make big calls outside the benchmark and fund manager Nicholas Applegate did just that before the bottom fell out of Wall Street. Pedro Marcal, who is second in command to US-based chief investment officer and managing director ...

Adam Smith hires portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Adam Smith Asset Management was established in 2003 and is majority owned by its staff. It is a high conviction, active manager that seeks to invest in well managed companies with positive free cash flow and scalable business models at prices well below ...

IFSA slams proposed default fund

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
IFSA has shot down a proposal by an APRA principal researcher for the government to set up a single-option indexed national default super fund to receive SG contributions. Richard Gilbert, chief executive of IFSA, is skeptical of research highlighting ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has launched the Franklin Global Equity ex-Australia strategy to institutional investors. The international fund manager said its Global Equity Strategy, managed by Franklin Global Advisers, provides employs ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... said Lakhani. According to Lakhani, less than 15 per cent of hedge fund of fund returns could be attributed to active manager skill. The remaining 85 per cent could be attributed to a equity risk premium of market returns that included equities, credit ...

A case for active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Growth-driven equity markets won't last and the market cycle will see long-term active value managers prevail, according to Peter Gunning, chief investment officer for Asia Pacific at Russell Investment Group. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

Fund managers must raise benchmarks

The role of the active manager is not just to provide investors with above-benchmark returns but to keep raising those benchmarks, said Paul Fiani, head of Australian equities boutique fund Integrity. Passive managers have grown in popularity as one ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
Skandia's investment and consulting division Intech has added a new structure to its $1.8 billion multi-manager Australian Shares Active Trust, focusing on boutiques and after-tax returns. The shift to boutiques comes after Intech's own research suggested ...

To tailor or not to tailor

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
Financial planners need to retain control over portfolio construction models or risk drowning in a sea of disorganisation, according to Darren Wise, managing director of Financial Planning Services Australia. He said some planners' desire to tailor ...