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Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
Franklin Templeton Investments has agreed to acquire Australian equities manager Balanced Equity Management and plans to launch a new fund available to retail and institutional investors. The deal transforms Franklin Templeton Australia from a $7bn ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Group insurance companies are experiencing a shift in the focus of super fund clients with an increasing impetus on innovation, simplicity and slick claims processes. As funds look to play their part in tackling Australia's under-insurance problem ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... for their members and the scale of superannuation enables them to do that very effectively. "It's up to trustees to chase active out-performance. The greatest thing about super funds is their ability to generate dollars. It's much better than the stock ...

Fundamental indexing isn't

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... when fund managers pick stocks based on market indicators other than market capitalisation, is just a disguised form of active management, said Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard. While traditional indexing assigns companies into a fund ...

Russell funds get stars

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... aims to provide an enhanced level of income and total returns in line with its benchmark. The fund currently employs two active managers, Perennial Value Management and Ankura Capital, as well as investing in the Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ...

DKN acquires 25pc in Godfrey Pembroke firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
DKN Financial Group has acquired a 25 per cent stake in former Godfrey Pembroke licensee, StrategyOne Advice Network, to provide compliance, professional development, research and platform administration services to its advisers. The move is inline ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... agitation and potential corporate M&A can drive the sector in the short term. "We believe that it will show the mettle of active managers that understand what the real value of stock is rather than just what they're told their position should be via ...

CFSGAM's tax solutions capture super flow

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has generated over $400 million of 'tax-aware' FUM within a year of launching the capability. CFSGAM said it had recently won mandates from three industry super funds for its tax aware investment ...

Sunsuper awards $700m mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Northward, Quest, Tribeca and SSGA. Vinva only opened its doors to Australian institutional investors in January 2011, offering active long-only and pure long-short capabilities. Meanwhile, Sunsuper has appointed Monica Vu as an international equities ...

CFSGAM looks to capitalise on multi-asset demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has strengthened its investment solutions business in Asia and Australia, responding to increasing demand for multi asset funds. CFSGAM has appointed three Dutch senior investment professionals from ...