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Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... after the release of the Financial System Inquiry's interim report which raised concerns about the prevalence of active management approaches in superannuation. "According to the Grattan Institute, active management of superannuation assets increases ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... periods where they are not the highest volatility. You see changes by sector and by region." Banner added: "Active management is vital to respond to changing volatilities, correlations and currency variations. Portfolio rebalancing is a powerful tool ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Watson said the building blocks of equity portfolios have evolved beyond market cap-weighted passive equity and active management with a third pillar - smart beta - targeting systematic factors, non-market cap stock weighting or thematic investment opportunities ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... or pre-retirees, who are concerned about market volatility and are looking for a cost-effective way to access active management. The fund adopts a dynamic asset allocation investment approach. This means the fund can reduce its allocation in asset classes ...

Standard Life Investments to buy UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... life company subsidiaries. The combined business will offer a full range of investment solutions, including active management for institutional and wholesale clients, discretionary wealth management for high net worth private clients and outcome orientated ...

AMP Flexible Super adds new insurance and investment options

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... traditional diversified fund that uses both dynamic asset allocation and strategic management to deliver lower cost active management. The AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund uses dynamic asset allocation, providing a flexible investment approach that aims ...

ETF assets to surpass hedge funds in 12-18 months

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... market still has a lot of room for growth. Given ETFs are often marketed as lower cost investment options to active management, it will be interesting to see whether initiatives like the MySuper low cost option start looking to ETF's to deliver investment ...

Realindex outperforms as it passes five-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... smart beta funds offer a compelling alternative to market cap index funds and a cost-effective alternative to active management investment strategies. "Smart beta is an area that we think will continue to see traction within both institutional and retail ...

Super funds hungry for global equities specialists

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... Australian system "a model for the rest of the world." Carnegie specialises in bottom-up, benchmark unaware, active management. It holds no more than 30 stocks at a time, preferring large to mega cap companies for liquidity purposes. It is currently ...

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... options can potentially be a source of value add to cost-sensitive investors who wish to maintain an exposure to active management. This is a space Zenith intends to monitor closely as we expect it to continue to develop," Higgins continued. In its first ...