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Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental, social and governance exclusions, adds to the four passive global equity mandates awarded to Northern Trust in 2013. The size of the mandate was not specified. "We are pleased to grow ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...

LGS and Intrust Super appoint J.P. Morgan as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... under management. J.P. Morgan will provide custody, fund accounting, unit pricing, performance and compliance reporting, passive currency overlay and unlisted asset administration. Intrust Super chief executive, Brendan O'Farrell, commented it was essential ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... competitive products and one of the tools to lower fees was reducing the fund's investment management fee. "Of course passive [products] or investing in smart beta and internalisation can get that fee a lot lower," he said. Sunsuper chief investment ...

New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
From July new Significant Investor Visa (SIV) applicants must invest a minimum of $5 million across three complying arrangements after new rules were formally announced by the federal government. To comply with an SIV, applicants will have to place ...

HSBC pitches low vol strategy to instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... need this international equities exposure." HSBC Global Asset Management managed US$28.6 billion at the end of 2014 in passive strategies.

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The great battle between active and passive investment reached new heights when Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest bond mutual fund. April data showed that PIMCO's Total Return Fund was holding $110.4 billion, while Vanguard's Total Bond ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... referred to as 'alternative beta', 'enhanced beta' and even, confusingly, 'quantamental indexing' - is being hijacked by the passive community to refer to products built around indices re-weighted according to rigid rules. These, Hurt says, are vulnerable ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... 71% of respondents indicated they were considering active management, while just 5% wanted to increase allocations to passive strategies, and 24% indicated they would make no change to their portfolio. The survey follows research by Rainmaker published ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... their members switching funds - something older members tend to do more. "We put money in the equity market - preferably passive - while we wait for illiquid opportunities to come up," said Sicilia. This article is featured in the latest edition of Financial ...