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Infra asset demand buoy CFS GAM and RARE

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... existing infrastructure equity. "We decided to put money with infrastructure debt to take advantage of the good risk-adjusted returns," he said, Greg Nolan, general manager, investments, at CareSuper.

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... (high) to one star (low) to reflect the level of conviction that the manager will consistently generate risk-adjusted fund returns in excess of relevant investment objectives and peers. According to Rainmaker research, Acadian Asset Management Australia ...

PAS mandate review completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... has recorded a 36 per cent increase the last two years to hit $1.7 billion last month, thanks to its strong investment returns and low investment fees. To date, the growth recorded has been entirely organic although the industry fund said it would consider ...

Super assets reach $1.32tr

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... return in the year ending December was 4 per cent. Split into their respective segments, public sector funds had the best returns over the period with 5.2 per cent, based on the performance of 37 funds (or entities). Industry funds followed with 5 per ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... only pay if they can't replicate the performance," he said. "These ETFs could put some managers out of business if their returns are replicable." But fund managers can also use the ETFs to enhance portfolio performance. If an analyst is bullish on the ...

NAB buys 35pc stake in AREA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... short of investment funds, leaving an opening for a profitable play. "There are very good opportunities to extract good returns going forward," he said. Basile said the new fund provided exposure to the debt market as well as equity, with a breakdown ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... $27 billion, meaning banks are now twice as popular as super funds. This position is unlikely to change until confidence returns to the superannuation sector, notwithstanding super funds are now posting average returns of 8 per cent, noted industry research ...

CareSuper adds infrastructure debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... to infrastructure equity. "We decided to put money with infrastructure debt to take advantage of the good risk-adjusted returns," he said. In the last year, the super fund has also given mandates to Australian equities managers Schroder Investment Management ...

Perennial tactical move pays off

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... the best of both worlds. On the one hand Perennial will actively move the assets around to preserve capital and maintain returns while guaranteeing fund liquidity by being part of Perennial's combined fixed interest pools. Thomas said the other key benefit ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... need to hedge against currency risk.'" The GET, which is aiming for 'a couple of hundred million in FUM', targets annual returns of 15 per cent, buying cheap handpicked global stocks. Hunter Hall's style of investing is distinctive, it very rarely buys ...