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Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
In a market that fell by as much as 50 per cent last year, Magellan Global bucked the trend by posting a 1.3 per cent loss, pushing it to the top of the league tables of overseas shares managers for 2008. As a fund manager that has only been around ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
The Local Government Superannuation Scheme has addressed a unit pricing error that occured in the September quarter last year, according to a fund statement. LGSS issued a statement in December noting that there had been a tax error that occurred with ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors' Australian chief executive, Morry Waked, has been promoted to chief investment officer and global head for BGI's global active equity business. Waked has handed over his responsibilities for Australia although he retains his ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Tyndall Investment Management has become the latest Australian fund manager to become a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Tyndall signed the dotted line to become a signatory last week, although the fund manager ...

ASSET Super to review value bias

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
ASSET Super has invested in two new managers, Alleron and Tyndall, and is reviewing the 'slight value bias' of its domestic equities portfolio as part of an in-depth analysis of its overall investment strategy. John Paul, chief executive of the $1.32 ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management has won overseas recognition for its Global Equity 130/30 strategy. The fund manager's Global Equity 130/30 strategy, which is offered in both segregated account and mutual fund formats and available to Australian ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Florida-based Enhanced Investment Technologies Investment Management (EITIM) has snagged the 'Quantitative Investment Manager of the Year' for 2008. EITIM, which was awarded a $476 million mandate in September by ipac, was named best quant manager at ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
REST Superannuation has revolutionised life insurance in super by introducing a "life cycle" approach to its death cover - breaking away from the traditional fixed cost or "$1 a week" insurance model. Almost one million active members of the $13 billion ...

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Retail managed funds in Australia suffered nearly $80 billion in losses, according to data from Plan for Life. Overall retail managed funds at the end of September totalled $513 billion, down 15.2 per cent or $78.1 billion over the past year. Macquarie ...