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Realindex tops $2bn in FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... of the broad based support the company's products and approach had been receiving. With the industry in the throes of an active versus passive debate, the fund manager's objective, rules based methodology appears to be appealing to a variety of investors. ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... investor confidence has been shaken over the last two or three years," said Hershan. "The institutional market is always quite active, there is always going to be some winners and losers, but the pool is growing which helps," he said. With a significant ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The options available for Australian investors keen to ride the India growth story are surprisingly limited, in stark contrast to the choices they have to invest in China. According to Morgan Stanley, Indian GDP will surpass the US$6 trillion mark by ...

Core and satellite approach not bulletproof: study

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... over 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 ...

Select appoints head of strategic accounts

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Gary Walsh, the former national manager of strategic alliances for TFSA Holdings, has joined Select Asset Management as head of strategic accounts, Customised Portfolio Solutions. Walsh will be responsible for offering the Customised Portfolio Solutions ...

No change in Concord strategies: Invesco

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... with Invesco in August 2010. Concord manages approximately $3.5 billion in Australian equity assets, which is made up of active broad cap Australian equities, as well as some assets in Australian smaller companies. According to the Invesco statement ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

Morgan Stanley offers way out for Pacific investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Pacific First Mortgage Fund unit holders will have the choice to exit the fund after a Morgan Stanley-sponsored real estate vehicle offered to buy up to 49 per cent of the units. Project Junior Pte Ltd (PJPL), a company owned by Morgan Stanley Real ...

Timing the market still a tough game: survey

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... per cent of "generation Y". The bi-annual Share Trader Insights Survey conducted by CMC Markets looks at what drives 500 active Australian traders to determine their trading patterns and attitudes.

AQR wins $330m-plus insto mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... available for investment to institutions only. The fund seeks to beat the MSCI World ex Australian Index, while controlling its active risk relative to the benchmark. "We aim to achieve a few per cent above benchmark, and a 2 per cent tracking error ...