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Veteran asset consultant to bridge gap: AXA IM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
The $700 billion global fund manager, AXA Investment Managers, hopes to forge stronger links with key asset consultants in Australia through its most recent major hire, ex-Mercer global CIO Tim Gardener. Gardener joined AXA IM late this year as the ...

Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
While local funds and asset consultants continue to debate investment fee structures, one of the world's most influential pension funds is insisting that nearly all fees be incentive based - and other remuneration structures discarded. The board of ...

LGsuper and City Super set merger date

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... completed by 30 June next year with an immediate focus on short-term efficiencies including common custodian and asset consultant and the rationalisation of investment portfolios. David Todd, chief executive of LGsuper will assume the head role at the ...

Mercer outlines top trends for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... investors next year. Many of the themes Mercer outlines overlap with its predictions from this time last year. The asset consultant reiterated its prediction that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will gain increasing attention, and reaffirmed ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The wave of consolidation sweeping through the not-for-profit superannuation sector is putting transition management firmly back in the spotlight for next year. Last month, Health Super announced that talks were underway with First State Super to create ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... their\ strategic investment approach. Other super funds such as Westscheme and Prime Super, which share the same asset consultant as MTAA - Access Economics - also offer target return option strategies. Westscheme closed its target return investment ...

NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... alternatives assets portfolios. The corporate fund made tactical changes to its asset allocation in conjunction with its asset consultant, JANA Investment Advisers. The changes apply to various member investment choice options. One of the changes the ...

ASF to distribute QFII fund in Aus

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
ASX-listed Chinese investment company ASF Group has signed an exclusive deal to distribute the Marco Polo Pure China Fund in Australia, and is targeting institutional investors for mandates. The Marco Polo Pure China Fund invests in mainland Chinese ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The most significant recommendation from the four major reviews in financial services comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than ...

AMIST Super takes driver's seat on cash and bonds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
AMIST Super makes full use of its newly-established internal investment team by taking a cash mandate in-house and working closer with one of its existing fund managers on a bond mandate. In August, AMIST hired Megan Pham, formerly the assistant investment ...