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SSgA restructures global asset team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has reorganised its global asset management team following the underperformance of its fixed income businesses. Mark Marinella has been promoted to chief investment officer of global fixed income following the departure ...

Rocketing small caps slow big cap funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... large cap manager was performing as they said they would. But we were also able to determine the cause of the underperformance in the portfolio, which was a result of the small caps in the benchmark. Small caps have generally outperformed large caps ...

The long and the short of JANA

... benchmark's 9.4 per cent. But Coombe said, "While the Global Long Short has underperformed its benchmark, much of this underperformance came in August and we anticipate a strong rebound this month." As part of an internal promotion, Geysen took Coombe's ...

Exotic and unequitable fees on the rise

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... performance fee "reset" structures, allowing managers to qualify for the payment of performance fees regardless of any underperformance. "We don't like reset structures. Managers have a performance fee payable on the condition they outperform their benchmark ...

Avoid overly conservative target date investing: RiceWalker

... reduce allocation to growth too much. In our opinion, many of these options could do more harm than good, through underperformance." A solution, said the report, is for funds to offer a well crafted balance of investment choices to supplement the default. ...

Commonwealth rearranges exec team

... of strengths and experience, a series of changes would take effect on Monday 27 March. Rather than signalling underperformance of personnel, Norris explained that the changes were designed to spread the experience of executives across business areas ...

If the HAT fits: Intech launch into absolute returns

... everyone, said Intech's CEO, Ron Liling. "HAT won't be suitable for the faint hearted - clients with short term underperformance should not invest in HAT." The trust is different to other multi-manager products, in that it is more concentrated with only ...

ORBITS now suitable for super funds

... however trustees should note that while ORBITS will outperform in weaker markets there would most likely be some underperformance when markets are strong. As such the research house believes ORBITS can act as a partial hedge for a superannuation fund's ...

Morningstar views United as a steady earner

... services of too many submanagers. But while significant outperformance may not have been achieved, the fund's underperformance has also not been significant. Due to the diversified nature of the strategy the research house expects the fund to deliver ...

Australian sharemarket retreats slightly as boutique managers rise

... sharemarket, only four managers delivered a positive return for the month. The survey also revealed a slight underperformance by the median investment manager after nine months of outperformance. Although Australian equity managers have continued to ...