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CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... structure will be very beneficial for advisers and their clients to access it in that regard." BlackRock will also be creating active portfolio functionalities in response to demand from advisers and dealer groups for their own set of model portfolios ...

AGEST appoints new CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... previously held by former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, where she was beaten by the Greens Adam Brandt. Bowtell has been an active member of investment and audit committees and for six years was responsible for superannuation policy at the ACTU. Anthony ...

Infocus awards advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... Excellence in Business: Rod Baker from Business & Wealth Partners The Evolution Award: Michael Berinson and Rod Stark from Active Wealth Managers Outstanding Team Member: Nancy Lee, Infocus "This award certainly will reinforce for our existing clients ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... power were more susceptible to concerns of market uncertainty, leading to choices of familiar, local stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 ...

Westpac shines with $6.5bn full year profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... cash earnings. Improved market conditions and healthy fund flows boosted the division's performance, with the number of active advisors using BT's wrap platforms growing by 8.2 per cent. Insurance cross selling was also strong with a 25 per cent increase ...

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... lift standards that apply to default funds, while maintaining freedom of choice for those members who do wish to take an active role in managing their superannuation." He stressed that MySuper products will not be compulsory, either for funds or for ...

The hidden costs hurting returns

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... an 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 ...

Principal boutique launches currency fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Opportunities Series and uses the same fundamental discretionary investment process that the Group uses to manage its other active absolute return portfolios. It has a target volatility of 25 per cent, managed on a three year annualised basis, with an ...

Macq launches online insurance tool

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... insurance application service, by reducing the time spent on administration and client follow up". In September Macquarie Life Active, another of its insurance products, reached $1 million in premiums in the ten weeks since its launch after 180 advisers ...