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Make super review your New Year's resolution

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... super accounts to avoid mounting fees and also review their asset allocation strategy with their adviser. "Taking a more active interest in your superannuation should be on everyone's list of New Year's resolutions for 2013. It's never too early to start ...

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... remaining 40% is in actively managed satellites, said Fabian. Given this mix, the new satellite managers will be highly active and benchmark unaware with the aim of further improving the Fund's overall asset class performance, he advised. VicSuper has ...

Ex-Ascalon boss starts at BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Arter, head of BlackRock in Australia. Low returns mean investors need better diversification and alpha-generation from the active part of their investment portfolios, which is driving more and more Australians to invest in alternatives, Arter added. ...

NZ Super Fund named world's most innovative

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... Fund's innovative approach is based on a passive Reference Portfolio. The Fund's investment team must be convinced that any active investment will do better than this portfolio. The Fund has also moved to bring more investment management in-house in ...

CIO and COO award nominations now open

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Group, Commonwealth Bank, JP Morgan, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Northern Trust, Ernst & Young, and KPMG with several more in active discussions with the organisers for coverage at the gala industry event.

Nothing new in objectives-based investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... said recognition of these limitations explains the emphasis in objectives-based investment on dynamic asset allocation, active returns and alternative beta. But recognition of importance is one thing, achievement of them is another. "Vanilla places ...

Beware complex absolute return funds: Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... market that offer exposure to the Australian equity market without the limitations of being restricted to benchmark relative active positions," explained Knight. "Investors at or nearing retirement are beginning to look for outcomes based, or real return ...

Advisers' client numbers down

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Interestingly, given that advisers typically lose money on the bottom third of their book, he said most planners don't see smaller active client numbers as a bad thing. "So losing those clients is not necessarily a negative, many are actively trying ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... projections and 'personal deficits' (savings shortfalls)," said Hess. While Hess acknowledged that Australian firms are active in this area, he warned that they doing it in a 'bubble'. As a case in point, he said members have to visit separate websites ...

Brett Kenny joins SPAA board

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) yesterday announced the appointment of Brett Kenny to the SPAA Board. He brings a wealth of experience as well as knowledge about the organisation to this role, having been actively involved in ...