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Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
A monthly index that measures investor confidence in key sharemarkets rose for the first time in six months, with US institutional investors the most bullish about the performance of equities. The findings came from the State Street Investor Confidence ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
In a market that fell by as much as 50 per cent last year, Magellan Global bucked the trend by posting a 1.3 per cent loss, pushing it to the top of the league tables of overseas shares managers for 2008. As a fund manager that has only been around ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The $12 billion Mercer Super Trust recruits a top sales exec from Russell and revamps its employer and member-related services to maintain its top spot in the ultra-competitive corporate trust sector. Last year, Plan for Life reported that the Mercer ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Shariah-compliant hedge funds could outperform their traditional hedge fund counterparts this year, predicts Aureliano Gentilini, global head of hedge fund research at Thomson Reuters Lipper. Gentilini said that Shariah-compliant hedge funds stand to ...

ASSET Super to review value bias

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
ASSET Super has invested in two new managers, Alleron and Tyndall, and is reviewing the 'slight value bias' of its domestic equities portfolio as part of an in-depth analysis of its overall investment strategy. John Paul, chief executive of the $1.32 ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Super funds with double the average number of trustees produced better returns than their peers according to new research, suggesting calls to downsize trustee boards could be counter-productive. The global financial crisis and its impact on super fund ...

Right on target: Vanguard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Investors can avoid the pitfalls of emotion-driven investing through target-date funds, according to research from Vanguard. The Vanguard Centre for Retirement Research in the US published a report in November last year that surveyed the portfolios ...

Trust wins $200m Fin Synergy mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Trust Company Limited will act as a trustee for a number of superannuation funds including Austock Brokers Super, GrowSuper and Super Synergy Fund as part of a new $200 million mandate from Top Quartile Management Limited (TQML), a wholly-owned subsidiary ...

Planners turn to cash and TD funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
Cash and term deposit funds from St George, UBS and Adelaide Bank led the list of Aviva's top 10 funds for net inflows during 2008 while Platinum International Fund and Perpetual Wholesale Industrial Fund suffered the highest level of redemptions over ...

Thomas Hancock Assoc to launch outplacement arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
Sydney-based boutique recruiter Thomas Hancock Associates has set up a new outplacement service specialising in the financial markets, funds management and superannuation sector. The executive recruitment firm, which has specialised in the industry ...