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Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... planners to be even more vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index lost over 10 per cent over a year ...

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... a low cost (as the "core" portion of the portfolio is in indexed investments) and capture alpha from a select group of active managers but with the risk hedged. "Capital protection can enable investors to take exposure to unfamiliar assets, especially ...

Temasek seeks more Asian exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... years ago. Meanwhile, Temasek has also reaffirmed the importance of governance in companies the fund invests in. "As an active shareholder, Temasek reemphasises its governance principles as the cornerstone for Temasek and its portfolio companies to deliver ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Sovereign wealth funds will gradually switch from being passive investors to active shareholders, predicts Andrew Rozanov, head of Sovereign Advisory at State Street Global Markets. This year Rozanov co-authored a comprehensive State Street report looking ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
Macquarie is looking to deepen its Middle Eastern footprint by entering a joint venture with Gulf Finance House, an investment bank led by former NAB chief, Ahmed Fahour. Gulf Finance House announced two days ago that it intended to establish a joint ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... US$190 billion in assets. It has more than 2,300 employees and administers retirement benefits for more than 1.6 million active and retired State, public school, and local public agency employees on behalf of 2,600 California public employers, and health ...

S&P rates AMP bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Standard & Poor's has given a 'four star' rating to the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund. This rating means the AMP Capital Corporate Bond fund and Corporate Bond fund A are both rated four stars. The fund provides corporate bond exposure to investors ...

Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... market as an example of what could happen if investors were more engaged. "To what extent do we really want 10 or 11 million active investors in super?" he said. "There's implications for asset allocations and liquidity issues because funds will have ...

E*Trade and Praemium in biggest tax report rollout

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... date with the release of E*TRADE's Tax Tool Standard service to its customers. The service was deployed to all E*TRADE active retail clients. Most of E*TRADE's retail customers are now able to access a free, integrated share trading tax reporting service ...

BNY Mellon to buy Insight

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... Mellon announced it would be buying Insight Investment which specialises in LDI (Liability Driven Investment) solutions, active fixed income and alternatives. With this acquisition, The Bank of New York Mellon will have more than $1.2 trillion in assets ...