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Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... that many standard industry benchmarks are purely liquidity and price-driven and are built to neither maximise investor returns nor reduce risk," a note on Fidante Partners' website said. "Tempo employs an innovative, top-down approach to re-thinking ...

MetLife's Green returns to Australia to take up interim CEO role

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Damien Green, head of employee benefits in Asia, will move back to Sydney from Asia to take up the role of interim chief executive of the Australian MetLife business, replacing departing chief executive Marc Lieberman. According to a MetLife spokesperson ...

Retiree confidence in super on the rise

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... Michael O'Neill said: "This is a result of sustained recovery in equity markets and a rising share market producing better returns." Despite the rise in satisfaction, Challenger chief executive of distribution, product and marketing Paul Rogan warned ...

Future Fund quiet on leadership changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... equities overall being over-priced, he said that risk premia could not continue to go down, and that for continued strong returns they would need to see underlying earnings growth pick up. "You can't have risk continuing to be priced lower and lower ...

Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... think Australian investors should be attracted to the US micro cap sector of the market because of the potential outsized returns and benefits to their overall asset allocation strategy." Brookvine chief executive Steven Hall added: "One of the least ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... competitive positioning is becoming a key driver of change in the institutional investor world given the intense competition for returns, for investment talent and for strong leadership in value-chain management. "Asset owners are increasingly grappling ...

Federation platform adds Pengana Aussie Equities Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... preservation and downside protection and has generated a return of 13.2% per annum to 31 December 2013. It has generated positive returns for its unit holders in each financial year since inception in July 2008. The fund's investment mandate allows it ...

Bennelong Long Short Equity Management launches new fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... Alpha 200 Fund (the Fund). The Fund is a long/short market neutral strategy with the objective of generating consistent returns regardless of market conditions. The investment team applies fundamental research to identify pairs of securities, seeking ...

Credit to escape impending bond rout

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... world's major economic powers, the only direction for interest rates now is up. The prospect of the resultant negative returns has caused a flight from the bonds in recent months and many investors are favoring riskier assets such as equities. However ...

Magellan Global returned 48.7% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... investor report released today shows. The figure contributes to equally impressive after-fee three- and five-year annual returns of 24.5% and 16.1% respectively. This equates to an outperformance of the fund's MSCI World Net Total Return Index AUD benchmark ...