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Ambassador gains $2.5bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
From a standing start four years ago, third party funds marketing and services group Ambassador now represents $2.5 billion of funds - proof that a financial crisis can slow but not stop institutional demand for high quality investment managers. Richard ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
Mercer, one of the country's largest asset consultants, is advising its institutional clients to allocate more funds with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton ...

Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... managers. Bernstein Global Value was the only international equity manager that remained from the original line up. Asset consultant Mercer Sentinel oversaw the $230 million transition, a sum that represents 20 per cent of the fund's FUM at the end of ...

Super funds to re-jig mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
A majority 64 per cent of Australia's major superannuation funds are looking to change their investment mandates to factor in climate change issues, a survey found. The Climate Institute and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Legalsuper hires investment expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... will attend all Investment Committee meetings and also Board meetings as necessary. The role of legalsuper's asset consultant (JANA Investment Advisers Pty Ltd) will not change following this appointment.

Unlisted valuations on track: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... transparent policy and for the most part they all had that," said Trafford-Walker. This view is mirrored by the asset consultant's super fund clients, which include heavyweights such as Australian Super, Cbus and HESTA. Trafford-Walker said the firm's ...

NZ govt to suspend NZ Super contribs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... least a decade could place the super fund under greater financial pressure in the future, according to one global asset consultant. Martin Lewington, New Zealand business leader at Mercer, said suspending contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation ...

PASL to tap alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... to have the portfolio fully invested in a one to two year time frame, working in collaboration with the fund's asset consultant, Watson Wyatt, said Kessell. Although the fund is not looking appoint any new alternative investment mandates just yet, fund ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), which manages more than $128 billion in funds, has launched its second progress report on implementing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's ...

Media Super pushes into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... someone...we need someone full time to handle and get to know all our investment managers and also assist our asset consultant Frontier." Aside from the fund's investments, Martin and the board are close to announcing Media Super's insurance provider ...