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The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Australian equities portfolio managed with a small tracking error to what is a heavily concentrated index, is paying active management fees for what is essentially beta. All of this has led to a shift among Australian superannuation funds post GFC away ...

Realindex tops $2bn in FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... said. "We see our process as basically capturing the benefits of index funds but offering some of the upsides of active management," he continued. "I think institutional investors are looking at alternative betas more broadly... and our strategy is one ...

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... recent years, but at the other end of the risk spectrum, passive management has consistently performed worse than active management, even when passive fund returns are adjusted for their lower fees. Unsurprisingly, the study found that multi-manager ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... most recently with Ellerston Capital, managing a global long/short investment strategy. "Given the extent of active management of the fund, we expect portfolio turnover levels to be higher than peers, especially during periods of high volatility. This ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... executive at CERTITUDE, said the new name reflected the fund manager's move to become a provider of a range of active management strategies. "Absolute return funds have been a big part of our DNA for more than 10 years but business can't remain static ...

Lonsec names income sector's best

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... fund manager has a different opinion about inflation and deflation, which means investors could benefit from active management. "The lack of general consensus should be a net positive for active management, although it does increase the chance of ending ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... Australian Equities table was relatively on par with a loss of 0.21 per cent over the same period. But proof that active management pays, several fund managers including AXA, Greencape and Perennial delivered between two to 10 per cent more than this ...

SSgA appoints equities head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... head of its active developed market equities team. Based in Boston, Reinganum is responsible for all aspects of active management within the global developed market equity portfolios, and reports to Arlene Rockefeller, chief investment officer for global ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... take advantage of opportunities this year. "We believe in this environment, there's still opportunities for active management given the distribution that we've seen between high quality and low quality assets," said Evans. While some the firm is delving ...

ETF Securities ramps up for 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... the tide may be turning towards greater beta exposure. "That may change, I think the penny is dropping that active management may not be the way to go with these sorts of things," he said.