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Perennial lands Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... ranking system in constructing the final portfolio in line with our objectives for our Socially Responsible Australian Shares Fund," Andrew Howard, chief investment officer for Asia Pacific, Mercer told Financial Standard. Perennial Growth is a boutique ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... yesterday. After a difficult three months of trade, Mercer's sector survey for July found that the median Australian shares fund manager outperformed the market by 0.2%, losing only 7.4% to July 3, compared to the S&P/ASX 300 Index which fell 7.6% over ...

Russell funds get stars

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... the FTSE ASFA Australia 200 Superannuation Index as its benchmark. The After Tax Fund uses the Russell Australian Shares Fund as its foundation, which has been running since 1997. "For this particular fund, portfolio manager Scott Bennett and tax consultant ...

van Eyk drops AXA Bernstein for Sigma

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... minimised allocation towards Integrity, Fidelity and Solaris after appointing a share of the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund to Sigma Funds Management. The fund, which currently has approximately $1.4 billion under management, was re-jigged after a ...

Russell fast track after-tax investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... will appeal to super funds focused on after-tax returns, not pre-tax performance. The Russell After-Tax Australian Shares Fund (for Superannuation Investors) applies both pre- and after-tax strategies, in many cases before trading has started to provide ...

Avoid AMP Aussie shares fund: Morningstar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
Morningstar has rated the AMP Capital Australian Shares fund as 'avoid', citing instability in the investment team and high staff turnover as key reasons to the fund's rating. In a research note to advisers this morning, research house Morningstar said ...

Median Australian shares fund down: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Australian shares have rallied in October after a strong September lead but the median result for Australian share funds were slightly worse than the market, the latest Mercer Survey shows. The median of the Mercer Australian Shares survey for the year ...

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... (Qld). Vision Super has the top growth fund, ANZ Staff the top balanced fund, AMP Custom Super the top Australian shares fund, AGEST the top international shares fund, AustSafe the top Australian fixed interest fund and TWU Super the top cash fund. The ...

Anglican Diocese signs SRI deal with Mercer

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... foundations in the Australia/New Zealand market. Burke cited the launch of the Mercer Socially Responsible Australian Shares Fund, which was developed for the Diocese, is an example of Mercer working with its clients.

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... benchmark by less than 1 per cent (74 basis points). Colonial First State distributes 452 Capital's funds. The Australian shares fund manager retained its 'three stars' rating on the CFS 452 Wholesale Australian Share Fund and CFS 452 Wholesale Geared ...