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Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... sensitive boutique funds can be to 'key man risk', while QSuper's decision to shift $10 billion into State Street ratcheted the active versus passive debate up a notch or two. And with regulatory reforms still a work in progress, and a number deals still ...

HIP stands firm on investment strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... markets without losing the advantage of expectant gains in equity markets that is the balancing point." It has been an active time for the fund after appointing MLC as its group insurance provider in November and enhancing its insurance benefits. Through ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... expensive category,y with fees averaging around 89 basis points. Fixed income continues to be the cheapest traditional active asset class with average fees around 35 basis points. Average fees for mandate sizes of $25 million have decreased whereas fees ...

CMC taps pattern recognition for traders

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... and web-based CFD platforms. Since being launched to CMC Markets' existing clients in Australia, almost 40 per cent of active clients have used the tool. In a press statement, CMC markets said pattern recognition focuses on finding price patterns and ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
While the active versus passive debate usually centers around stocks, one of the country's largest fixed interest managers is keen to have the same argument around bonds. In a new paper, Abedeen's head of Australian Fixed Income, Victor Rodriguez, argues ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... billion - allocated to indexed strategies, and another 24 per cent, or $4.4 billion, allocated to cash. Health Super prefers active strategies, but despite being only about a third of the size of First State, it uses almost twice as many investment managers ...

ASIC slaps tough penance for fin services misconduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
In a landmark case, a young broker charged with multiple counts of insider trading has received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence, the highest sentence on record for that offence in Australia. On December 2 John Joseph Hartman, 25, of Mosman, New ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
A UK pension fund with $3 billion in assets is seeking international fund management services for an $800 million active currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... oversees more than $600 million worth of investments for institutions through the QIC Australian Equities Fund and the QIC Active Large Companies Fund - both of which focus on liquid, large cap stocks. "Broadly speaking, the top down thematic is that ...

Plato appoints senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Plato Investment Management (Plato) names former State Street head of Asia ex Japan active equities (SSGA) Todd Kennedy as senior portfolio manager. Kennedy's role will start in February next year and his responsibilities will include research into ...