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OptiMix adds emerging markets to diversified portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
OptiMix will include global emerging markets as an asset class in three of its diversified funds, citing diversification benefits and potentially higher returns as primary reasons for the shift in strategic asset allocation. The multi-manager will now ...

Plan B buys NZ private banker

... delighted to be taking it one step further. The two companies share a client-centric philosophy and the same approach to asset-class investing," said Denys Pearce, Plan B's group managing director. "Plan B is precisely on the same page with [our] objectives ...

Watson Wyatt gives ipac global guidance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
Building on its current relationship, Watson Wyatt will begin providing ipac with global asset allocation research and advice on global strategies to supplement ipac's own knowledge base. Watson Wyatt will provide information to supplement ipac's in-house ...

Expats lose out on super

Foreigners with sizeable superannuation savings who plan to work or migrate to Australia will be disadvantaged under the new super laws and could be forced to keep their savings offshore or face higher local tax rates. Under existing rules relating ...

It's Perennial all over again: Macoun

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
Ian Macoun, co-founder of Perennial, said he would be doing it all over again with the launch of a new "house of boutiques", something he argues will be the best solution for boutique managers who struggle in other ownership structures. The new business ...

Two key roles filled for ipac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... with a track record of success behind them. We are grateful for their significant contribution that has made ipac a world class multi-manager business with innovative product solutions, a distinctive operating model and competitive investment performance." ...

UniSuper revises major mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... awarded to Quest Asset Partners, Challenger Managed Investments and LINWAR Funds Management, while in the emerging markets class two new managers were added to the portfolio, being Mondrian Investment Partners with a $75m mandate and JF Capital Partners ...

DeAM chases alpha in fixed income

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... distributions and is designed to chase alpha and deliver higher yields than what investors have come to expect from the asset class. DeAM's head of adviser services, Chris Larsen, said he expects the alpha targeted fund to be the first of many in the ...

Emerging markets can't stand alone

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... opportunities, the final investment decision should be based on specifics of the company, rather than the country or asset class under review. Correctly identifying those opportunities is what will ultimately produce alpha. An emerging markets stock ...

APRA got it wrong on AXA: AAT

ALEX DUNNIN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... did not warrant disqualifications for the individuals concerned, it did find that the trustee withheld information from a class of fund members." However, APRA also acknowledged the motives of AXA. "The Tribunal concluded that the trustee's conduct was ...