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Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
SelectingSuper has just released its 2013-14 super fund performance tables revealing that funds have had another strong year delivering an average 12.7% while CFS FirstChoice was the top performing Workplace fund. Reinforcing the strong performance ...

AXA IM appoints Asia Pacific head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Simon Flood to replace Jean-Pierre Leoni as head of its Asia Pacific business. Leoni is returning to his native France after four years in Asia. He will lead AXA IM's client management group. Based in Hong ...

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
IOOF has appointed State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) to manage a $115 million active global equities strategy as part of its IOOF MultiMix suite of multi-manager superannuation funds. The mandate was awarded to SSgA's Global Managed Volatility Alpha ...

Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA Investment Managers' global investment grade SmartBeta credit strategy. The mandate complements other managers within Mercer's global credit portfolio and aims at achieving ...

AMP launches infrastructure and real estate UCITS platform

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform with versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to investors in the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The platform was made available ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Fund manager PM Capital has urged investors not to over-react to geo-political or environmental disruption and stay the course with their long-term investment strategy. Kevin Bertoli, portfolio manager of PM Capital's Emerging Asia Fund, said that concerns ...

Nikko AM appoints global head of multi-asset from Schroder

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Nikko Asset Management has created the Australian-based role of global head of multi-asset to increase its investment infrastructure offer to institutional and retail clients. Al Clark has been appointed to the role and will be responsible for driving ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from research and ratings provider Zenith. The Australian dollar-based strategy is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified ...

Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has launched a new boutique fund manager within its Fidante Partners managed fund business. The new fund manager, Tempo Asset Management, was revealed by Challenger chief executive Brian Benari at the group's half-year result announcement. ...