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ASIC steps up investigation into SMSF fraud

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... Royale Capital and ActiveSuper raised $4.75 million from more than 200 investors. ACIS, whose investigation into Royale and Active began in November 2011, says the firms cold-called clients to encourage them to set up SMSFs and make investments in distressed ...

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... previous academic research that found age and income to the most important indicators that a fund member is likely to make active investment switching decisions. There is no hard evidence that such active investment switching makes them better investors ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... market shifts, such as the end of the bond bubble or a breakout in inflation. He also expressed concerns that using too many active fund managers in a portfolio can be expensive, dilute performance and result in index-like returns. Many portfolios also ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Sicilia said: "Finding smart, skilled and experienced investors, such as DGI, is central to the ongoing success of our active equities strategy. We are very confident that our decision to invest with DGI provides the opportunity to achieve a great risk-adjusted ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice president Ryan Korinke. Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive of all active managed options available to investors because they typically promise higher returns, use more sophisticated techniques ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... investors access equity beta cheaply and efficiently. "In harvesting beta, a smart investor is not looking to take 'bets' as an active manager might, although they are persuaded of the need to avoid the pitfalls of blindly tracking an index," said AXA ...

EM managers eye huge super fund opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... increasing funds under management in the Aussie superannuation system and a lack of capacity in the very best and biggest active managers have conspired to make the emerging markets the most fiercely competed space in Australia. Top-performing funds ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
ISPT, Cbus and Omega Global Investors have been announced as award recipients by the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for investment stewardship and innovation. The Melbourne Financial Services Symposium is held in conjunction with the Melbourne-based ...

The year of balanced funds and fixed income: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Multi sector or balanced funds took in the largest net inflows of Australian discrete asset classes in 2012, according to Morningstar's inaugural Annual Global Flows Report. The research found that multi sector funds inflows reached $6.46 billion and ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... director and global head of ETF product development Scott Ebner said that investors should see ETFs as complimentary to their active strategies. "Most Australian investors should be looking to increase their global equity exposure and they need to access ...