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Good returns and good luck

Using research compiled by Morningstar as evidence, Vanguard Investments claims that most active fund managers cannot sustain above index-benchmarked performance over the long term. Anthony Serhan, head of consulting for Morningstar, described how their ...

Measure super choice the right way: InvestmentLink

... employees staying with an employer and dumping their long-time default super fund. Under this metric, while members making an active choice are only 3.3 per cent of members using the InvestmentLink systems, this penetration is nearly double the penetration ...

Macq advisers launches actively-managed commodities fund

... Services hopes to address investor demand for an actively-managed commodities portfolio through its recently launched CSL Active Commodities Fund. The fund will be managed by boutique commodities portfolio specialist Commodity Strategies Limited (CSL) ...

CBA's new chief information officer has big ambitions

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has hired a new chief information officer with a brief to integrate the bank's funds management jumble of legacy systems. CBA yesterday said it hired Michael Harte as its new chief information officer. Harte is currently CIO ...

Unclaimed super a cash cow for ERFs

Superannuation accounts left stagnant for years are proving a cash cow for the eligible rollover funds (ERFs) that are inheriting them and the trustees transferring the funds. New research by rating agencies, The Heron Partnership and SuperRatings ...

Property funds looking for offshore or unlisted investments

... congestion of the domestic property sector. "Traditionally the property securities fund industry focused on providing index or active returns based on the property trust sector. However, the strength of the local listed property trust market means it ...

Fixed interest managers now adding value: InvestorWeb

... managers were considered, with eight funds being rated as investment grade or better. Previously skeptical of any value that active fixed interest managers could add to investments after fees, InvestorWeb now believes some managers have only just adjusted ...

One-tenth of employees to opt for super choice in just year one: ASFA

... rate of changing funds will continue at 11 per cent or 12 per cent of employees a year, with around half of that due to active choice by employees and the rest due to job change or fund closure," said ASFA CEO Philippa Smith. She added that while choice ...

OptiMix goes Indian with multi-manager solution

... quantitative analysis, style research and qualitative analysis. It is built on an open architecture, zero brand bias and active investment management philosophy. Chief investment officer of OptiMix Australia, Emmanuel Calligeris, said, "We are very excited ...

Suncorp hands HFA $88.7m mandate

... exposure to international equities and bond markets by diversifying away their directional market exposure into a much more active absolute return focused fund." In the last four months HFA has won institutional mandates for both its HFA International ...