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Merlon Capital expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... undervalued companies with our innovative use of derivatives to improve tax efficiency, reduce risk and add incremental returns," said Neil Margolis, Merlon's chief executive. "Merlon's culture is built around the team's unwavering focus on our core ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... and industry super sectors in Australia. "Investors need to know what to ask for - it is about improving risk-adjusted returns," said Ambachtsheer. "In terms of buy-in it tends to be public funds, increasingly sovereign wealth funds with activity among ...

AGEST signs GBST

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... superannuation industry moving towards higher levels of accountability and transparency and concentrating on after-tax returns which are the most relevant to the super fund members," said Kathy Taylor-Hofmann, Head of GBST Quant division. "After-tax ...

MLC shifts global allocation

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Return Portfolio. Jonathan Armitage, head of equities, MLC Investment Management said the changes should deliver reliable returns for investors throughout the market cycle "Our aim is to produce more reliable returns across a broader range of market ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... allocation to someone retiring with a million," he said. Bucknell said using the proprietary approach can boost retirees' returns by about one percentage point over and above what the fund's default strategy would normally achieve. "Unlike existing lifecycle ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... chief executive officer of J.P. Morgan WSS in Australia and New Zealand, said the industry was been driven by regulation, returns and risk. "Australian super funds are changing the way they do business, and in many respects this is being driven by the ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... services and greater education. However, smaller funds can still have a stronger affinity with their members and produce good returns cost effective. "So the link between scale and success is not automatic but there can be diseconomies of scale in large ...

Macquarie launches EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... more common approach is concentrated region-specific funds. "It is our strongly held belief that over the long term, the returns that shareholders receive are dependent on the performance of the companies themselves - the wealth these businesses generate," ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... faced underfunded public and private sector retirement strategies with broad implications in terms of generating real returns amid low growth. "If they achieve it, the Australian government's contraction of its budget is going to be a very significant ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... fixed income. "A key advantage of hard assets is their potential to provide in-built inflation protection by increasing returns to investors as everyday prices rise. For example, if the price of electricity or toll roads increases, investors in our Fund ...