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New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... the index operates from publicly disclosed market data. "A consistent history of disclosure by stocks within the S&P Frontier BMI country indices is a good start from which... we then apply a strict set of rules to distil to the universe we are after," ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... asset consultants have been pro-active in adapting to a rapidly evolving investment market. Over the last two years, Frontier Investment Consulting, Jana, Mercer and Towers Watson have all invested in new personnel and targeted new asset classes and ...

Equiti to launch US multifamily property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... and Generation Yers to own their own home. According to Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier, home ownership in the US has fallen by almost 2 per cent since 2006, which equates to over two million households. This ...

Frontier to appoint CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
The board of Frontier Investment Consulting is looking to recruit a chief executive officer to work alongside current head Fiona Trafford-Walker as a means to redress the workload among the group's senior management team. Trafford-Walker said that Frontier's ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
From an $18 billion asset consultancy in 2000 to the $100 billion behemoth today, Frontier Investment Consulting is all grown up - and it is finding new ways to deliver more value to its clients. This week Frontier's managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... investment experts. Speaking at an IMCA seminar, both Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock, managing director, SG Hiscock & Company, agreed that while REITs were a 'legitimate investment' once again ...

Cbus to shut down 'capital guaranteed' option, renames default

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Cbus will offer four investment choices, Cash savings, Growth (Cbus Choice), Conservative growth and High growth. Former Frontier investment consultant Tim Ridley took over as Cbus' investment strategy manager in November 2010 to provide economic assessment ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... documented in a transparent and straightforward manner," the statement said. A similar push is underway in Australia with Frontier Investment Consulting and JANA Investment Advisers, who between them advise on over $260 billion of investments, hoping ...

Frontier and JANA join forces to address fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Frontier Investment Consulting and NAB-backed JANA Investment Advisers have established six principles aimed at addressing fee structures relating to investment mandates. These principles include the use and structure of performance fees, quantum of ...

OnePath embraces fee for service

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
OnePath has launched OneAnswer Frontier, a new range of fee-for-service products available through the OneAnswer platform. OneAnswer Frontier leverages the comprehensive features and services that OneAnswer provides, however, OneAnswer Frontier delivers ...