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Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
Frontier Investment Consulting's $89 billion client base is increasingly questioning the high fees of active managers - a clear sign these managers need to lift their game, said the firm's managing director, Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker, who ...

QIC targets overseas instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... inception and a one-year return of over 16 per cent to May this year. "We exploit the broadest possible range of fixed interest active return opportunities and underpin this with a transparent and disciplined framework to best control risk," said Susan ...

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... they may have to invest for fixed terms in future. IFSA deputy chief executive John O'Shaughnessy said managers were in active talks with advisers and were waiting for feedback from the market before making changes to their funds. Deverall said that ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... coincides with the Future Fund's recent announcement in its latest portfolio update that it is increasing its allocations to active investment management. A spokesperson for the Future Fund however said this move to more active management is inline with ...

Conservative strategies pay for ITC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Forestry group ITC banks on its prudent business model to ride the crisis facing the agribusiness sector after Timbercorp and Great Southern went into administration. Adam Redman, spokesperson at ITC, said the firm's key business is forestry, a key ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... Region with 20 employees. The firm has a special program for Newcastle University financial planning graduates. Howden is an active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and contributes to a number of charities including Ronald McDonald ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... they include writing and communication techniques taught in journalism courses. For example, it recommends staff to use "active" as opposed to "passive" sentences and make emails sound like a day-to-day conversation, not a legal document. The changes ...

Australian RMBS gains appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Ultra high net worth investors in Australia are starting to wade back into the Australian Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) market, according to Merrill Lynch. Chris Selby, head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Australia, has ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... contract with the super fund. "It's a fairly significant change," said Lambert. "We were of the view that we had too many active managers replicating each other's positions and by the volume of managers that we had in our rosters, we weren't able... ...

Finovia opts for Select

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Portfolio Solutions) provide investors with low maintenance and diversified managed portfolios which give them both an active asset allocation service and access to "best of breed" managers across both mainstream and alternative investments. Managed ...