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Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Index manager Vanguard Investments has urged advisers to use the core-satellite approach to boost returns and reduce the volatility of their clients' portfolios. A popular model in the US, core-satellite investing combines a 'core' portfolio of indexed ...

More money on money

... profit. "The limited participation by true profit maximisers in these markets leads to many market inefficiencies. An active manager can capitalise on the inefficiencies inherent in these markets and add value. Indeed, we believe that an active approach ...

New look diversified funds recommended: Lonsec

Research firm Lonsec has given Zurich's revamped diversified funds a recommended rating. The group was forced to re-evaluate its diversified funds manager line up after the incumbent manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) sold its Australian funds ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Zurich has revised its Australian manager line-up, appointing Challenger Managed Investments, Schroder Investment Management, State Street Global Advisors and Aberdeen Asset Management. As part of its Australian equities manager line-up review, Zurich ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... overstated, he conceded that it has a material consequence at an individual level by masking the performance of an active manager. For example, fund managers who did not invest in Coles because the company had weak fundamentals missed out on gaining ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

Emerging markets by numbers: BlackRock

BlackRock Australia tapped into the solid track record of the global BlackRock's Princeton-based quant team when the group launched an emerging markets enhanced fund locally that is modeled on the US version. The BlackRock Global Enhanced Emerging Markets ...

Access all asset classes: Vanguard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... get exposure to it from a well diversified index fund," Duffield said, adding that the extra cost of engaging an active manager could likely cancel out any possibly alpha as well as leaving the ordinary investor with tax management issues. "If you are ...

Diversify out of Aust equities: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... Lander said that while it would be harder to find managers who could differentiate themselves from the pack, a good active manager offered genuine diversification benefits. "Good active strategies have the potential to help diversify equity market risk ...

Contrarian managers make a comeback

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
Active managers are falling behind their contrarian counterparts after Australian share managers turned in their worst quarterly performance since 1990, according to Intech Investment Consulting. Intech senior investment analyst, Fraser Murray, said ...