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SSgA launches low-risk global equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... their active portfolio because the majority of mangers begin portfolio construction by looking at the benchmark. "Performance tables show that managers cluster around the benchmark with about half as many underperforming as outperforming. You don't get ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Tonight the financial services industry will crown a new FICAP RockStar at the annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event'. The competition will be fierce with 12 RockStar hopefuls trying to win over the judges and the finance industry crowd, while raising ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

RARE Infra doubles assets, boosts staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... rather through the strategy that the fund manager has followed over the long-term. "People are now focusing on absolute performance and assets with low volatility but high income yield - we tick all of these boxes," he said. RARE now manages around $4.5 ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... inflation. He also expressed concerns that using too many active fund managers in a portfolio can be expensive, dilute performance and result in index-like returns. Many portfolios also had an unintended bias towards particular market sectors or a certain ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... of its members' precious savings. We shall strive to repay that trust in the best way possible, by good investment performance," commented DGI founding partner Alan McFarlane. Karyn West from Apostle Asset Management, DGI's partner in Australia, explained ...

Hedge fund fees under pressure

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... portfolio manager. "With returns coming down fees need to follow. We believe a fair fee is between 20%-30% of investment performance. That tends to be below the industry average." He adds that in the unusual fee environment some fund managers are becoming ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... both companies are estimated to generate up to $8 million in cost synergies per annum, with potential for further performance enhancements, which would lead to improved earnings and provide the opportunity for higher dividends. Equity Trustees will look ...

Stanford Brown tops Genesys awards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Firm of the Year Award for wealth management expertise and the Ballesty Sikemma Award for outstanding professional performance by an individual adviser. Genesys Wealth Advisers managing director Paul Robertson acknowledged Stanford Brown's professionalism ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... ever so closer to the top at the end of the trading day. There's nothing to write home about over the equity market's performance last night and thank goodness the headlines didn't try to give meaning to Wall Street's non-move. There was none. OK, ok. ...