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Mellon wins $17.5m MFS mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Mellon Global Investments Australia has won a $17.5 million mandate from MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) to manage their Premium Income Fund. Managed by the Australian-domiciled Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust, the trust actively invests in global ...

More money on money

... substantial increase in international investments by pension schemes, coupled with the alpha generating opportunities in active currency management, have resulted in a significant increase in the importance of currency management strategies for pension ...

Alpha-beta separation boosts indexing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... and super funds being aware of their cost base, and clearly an index fund is going to have a much lower cost base than an active fund," she said. Sandy Grant, chief executive officer of industry fund Cbus, agreed, saying indexing is just "a hell of a ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... Rockefeller, said the funds provided "a significant increase in expected returns with a small or potentially no increase in active risk." They also allowed investors an option to invest in the strategies within their traditional equity allocations, rather ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... Schroders, Platinum and Acadian. The review named 29 recommended funds, including the four new additions of the Schroders Global Active Value Fund, the Platinum Unhedged Fund and Acadian's two entries - the Global Equity Long Short Fund and Geared Global ...

AMP NZ shifts passive portfolio to 100% active

... about after the NZ government outlined new legislation this year which "offers a level playing field" for both passive and active investments. "Under the old rules, we decided that investors will get better returns from a passively managed global equities ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
Asset Super has taken a $110 million cash mandate from Macquarie Treasury Fund and split it between ING's active Enhanced Cash fund and Perpetual's passively managed Exact Cash fund. The move sees 55 per cent of the mandate go to ING, while 45 per cent ...

Putnam wins $600m AMP fixed income mandate

... institutional business, said the group is well positioned to provide global fixed income products for clients who want multiple active strategies. "At the same time, global fixed income has become a complex asset class, requiring particular expertise," ...

Sentry and Epic forge alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
Sentry Group and Epic Adviser Solutions will join forces from the beginning of July to operate under the Sentry Group Australia banner. Under an agreement signed between Sentry Group and Questus Capital Group, the parent of Epic, the two groups will ...

Enhanced index tips over $10bn

... funds shift their money from 'vanilla' index portfolios to those with 'alpha' returns. Global Index Plus (GIP) uses an 'active enhanced' index approach meaning they use quantitative techniques to build portfolios that mimic benchmarks but including a ...