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AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... somewhere," he joked. According to Rainmaker Data, AUSCOAL Super is a consistent performer over the long term based on annual returns, beating its benchmark over 10, 7, 5, 3 and one-year periods.

Alaska SWF beats target return by 2pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... spreads narrowed, they sold off a good number of those bonds, harvesting the underlying gains and producing the outstanding returns." The fund's US stock portfolio returned close to 16 per cent while the non-US portfolio returned close to 12 per cent. ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... higher than peers, especially during periods of high volatility. This could potentially have a negative effect on after-tax returns," said Veerappan. Launched in March this year, the Alpha Plus fund draws on a proprietary stockpicking process that's ...

ESI Super overhauls $800m Aus equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... million. Robyn Petrou, chief executive of ESI Super, said the new mandates follow decisions by the fund to boost after-tax returns, reduce member costs, and take a more "hands-on" approach to its investment strategy. "A key goal is of these mandates ...

BTIM hires new portfolio manager, Swift departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... departure and Wild's appointment, Standard & Poor's Fund Services placed the BT Wholesale Active Balanced, Wholesale Balanced Returns and Wholesale Future Goals 'on hold'. All three funds were previously rated 'three stars'. The ratings firm said they ...

NZ Super pips Aus through intl equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... is to "pre-fund" part of the future cost of New Zealand superannuation, by investing government contributions and the returns on that investment over the long term. Since inception, the fund returned 5.49 per cent.

FEAL Conference cuts through the noise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... executives can do to deliver the best benefit through to members so we've got a session on serving stakeholders, enhancing returns and managing risk and how that can done." FEAL has more than 220 executives as members representing more than $1 trillion ...

Planners risk buying bad businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... auction block - but planning groups that do buy risk failure as many do not focus enough on their acquisition's investment returns, according to AXA. Speaking at an AFA national roadshow last month, Steve Davidson, head of acquisitions and succession ...

UBS GAM names new head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... Zealand. Bolinowsky stepped down after four years of running the ANZ operations, according to a press statement. Heap returns to Australia after spending the past three years in New York leading the infrastructure team in the Americas. During this time ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... registered in Hong Kong. Seres adopts an active, benchmark-unaware approach in Asian equities in order to achieve investment returns and performance regardless of the market cycle. The firm employs a bottom-up stock selection approach, which is overlaid ...