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Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... keep the headline cost to members down, Towers Watson senior investment consultant Tim Unger says it is surprising that active portfolios have been so dominant. "There's clearly a strong belief among the institutions that Australian equities is a good ...

Latin American pension funds eye PE

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... investing in private equity is becoming less strict, which make it more likely for limited partners in the region to become active investors in the coming years, investment research house Preqin said. Regulations like the Solvency II in the European ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... relating to problematic algorithms, in particular wash trades - which occur when one account executes both sides of the trade. Active engagement with market participants has allowed for swift corrective action when things do go wrong."

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
PineBridge Investments has been meeting with financial institutions in the hope of bringing a cheap alternative to active management to Australian investors. Its Quantitative Enhanced Indexing investment solution is designed to be less expensive than ...

Online risk applications surpass paper-based: Asteron Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... follow the consumer trend. Leading the field is Aaron Zelman, director at Lifescope Solutions and the founder of a very active LinkedIn network for tech-savvy advisers. He is a big fan of web-based social tools such as Dropbox, Google Docs, Skype and ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... people around them are doing," he said. And the new trend also plays well into the hands of financial advisers who are active in social media. "Financial advisers will have to evolve from providing services to giving advice in the same way that travel ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... $50 billion in total ETF FUM, can expect similar traction." Small adds that smart beta products combine the benefits of active management-type approaches with the ease of access and low-cost nature of ETFs. "They are not a replacement for managed funds ...

BNP Paribas targets UHNW clients in Asia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
BNP Paribas is targeting ultra high net worth with its new plans to expand its wealth management business in Asia. Chief executive Jean-Laurent BonnafA(C), said the French bank was ready to "actively pursue business development in 2013" after adapting ...

MLC appoints head of Platform Sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... including research, client management, product development and business development. His experience spans a full spectrum of active, index and multi-manager investing.

Retail investors need new defensive investments

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Australian retail investors should consider managed credit funds, as term deposit rates are set to drop, said head of credit markets at AMP Capital Jeff Brunton. A global low interest rate environment will eventually force Australian banks to pay out ...