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Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... "hold" because the fund manager did not have a product to invest in. Overall, the report found a strong case for active management as highlighted by the difference in returns across the sector. The research firm said global listed infrastructure funds ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... she said. "When people look at where their money gets spent, by far the largest expense for many funds is on active management fees. "And in an environment where active managers as a group has disappointed, that's the first question they ask. "So active ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... allocations to active investment management. A spokesperson for the Future Fund however said this move to more active management is inline with the fund's long established investment mandate. Unfunded liabilities surging faster than anticipated sets ...

Future Fund hires more managers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... market sentiment," said David Murray, chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians. "We have begun to introduce active management into our Australian equities program and continue to explore opportunities in the property and infrastructure sectors. We ...

AXA Rosenberg launches EM strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... hasn't been a whole lot of shuffling on their part. However, from our clients, we do see a firm commitment to active management," she said. She said the firm had recently hired a marketing analyst to the Sydney based office. AXA Rosenberg manages around ...

Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... the S&P/ASX Accumulation Index over the past year. "In Zenith's opinion now is not the time to be abandoning active management with the current and foreseeable market conditions set to favour stock picking skill," said Smythe. "While the allure of low ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... time? Or are they going to lag longer since it is a financial downturn?" He said. "Overall, you could say that active management will give you the opportunity to add value that did not exist before, whereas index management will ensure you get the markets ...

AUI adds three

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... was created to strengthen AUI's capital management capability for its unlisted property trusts, focusing on active management and enhancement of the debt arrangements. D'Intino, who has worked as a compliance manager since 1990, joins AUI from Chimaera ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... losses of less than 3 per cent, according to Rainmaker Data. "The areas that have really hurt us have been in active management and global bonds. We've underperformed the benchmark for the last 12 months, circa 18 per cent, which is just an unbelievable ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... be more proactive in their portfolio management. "Financial advisers cannot rely on the set and forget model. Active management will be very important, these are very dynamic and uncertain economic circumstances," he said. "Prior to the beginning of ...