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Mellon scores Asset Super mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... an overwhelming response globally, as well as Australia for the last three years," he said. Gruver pointed to the fund's active strategy and its ability to help clients diversify. "It's very lowly correlated to traditional asset classes, lowly correlated ...

CFD traders to reach 50,000

... orders." While numbers have doubled, CFD trading is still far from mainstream. They are still a fraction of the number of active share traders in the country which numbers around the 800,000 mark. The race is on for the CFD providers in the market place ...

New look diversified funds recommended: Lonsec

... manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) sold its Australian funds management businesses. Consequently, it appointed two new active managers last month, Challenger Managed Investments and Schroder Investment Management Australia, and passive manager ...

Investment treasure in emerging Europe: QWL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... managers are selected based on their knowledge of the companies where the funds are invested, excellent bottom-up research and active management of their investments." Europe's 24 stock markets, which includes emerging Europe, surpassed the market cap ...

Global indices are dinosaurs: Schroders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... that represents pretty good value to be buying," said chief executive officer Greg Cooper Pointing to Schroders' Global Active Value (GAV) fund, Cooper said the future lay in unconstrained, highly diversified investment, drawing more on small to mid-size ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... advantage over public-company rivals," said McKinsey & Co. The inference is that if public companies could become more active through more assertive and independent boards empowered to meet their own performance benchmarks, they could diffuse many of ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... the US but now gaining ground in Australia, said State Street Global Advisors. Extension investing, known variously as Active Extension or Edge investing, works by investors shifting their focus away from benchmarks and integrating tactical use of shorting ...

Advisers need to think small for big profits

Financial advisers are missing out on a $3.76 trillion market by not engaging with the small to medium-size Australian business sector, according to Brian Boggs of financial planning and education company ili. Speaking at the 13th annual Rainmaker Information ...

Russell modernising pension products

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
Russell Investment Group has unveiled the Russell Private Active Pension, combining a contribution and pension account in one to make the most of the new super rules. The Russell Private Active Pension has been designed in response to the recent super ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... Management. As part of its Australian equities manager line-up review, Zurich has appointed Challenger and Schroders as active managers and State Street as a passive manager. Aberdeen has been appointed to manage Australian fixed income and cash. "We ...