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Reserves okay and can be raised by fees: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
APRA dismisses claims that super choice means funds should no longer hold reserves for smoothing investment returns. Keith Chapman, executive general manager of APRA's Supervisory Support Division, speaking at the recent Meeting of Government Superannuation ...

Astarra opens to retail investors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... market conditions experienced these past 12 months the three Astarra Diversified Funds have consistently delivered positive returns this financial year," he said. "Our funds have legs, delivering consistent top ranking performance in the past seven years ...

Dimensional wins $100m Aust Eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... equities mandate with Zurich Investment Management. Dimensional's Australian Core Equity strategy is designed to capture the returns from the broad Australian equities market, while delivering a higher exposure to small cap and value premiums than in ...

S&P awards hotel fund 'three stars'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... market," he said. "However, the fund exposes investors to business risk from underlying hotel operations. As a result returns are likely to be more volatile than those investments in unlisted property funds that invest in office, retail and industrial ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... to undue chief executive pay. "The majority of funds vote in a way that they believe will maximize the fund's financial returns," said Paul Schott, ICI president. "This is in keeping with the social contract' between a fund and its investors embodied ...

Russell and Mercer lead MM pack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... alpha. In addition, the research and ratings firm found more managers are actively pursuing new sources of uncorrelated returns, using private equity, hedge funds, emerging markets, commodities and infrastructure strategies. "Generally those managers ...

KiwiSaver to drive fin literacy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... benefits of being invested in growth assets, said Oliver. Shares are commonly accepted as the asset class with the highest returns over the long term. "More sophisticated investment communities such as Australia and the United States embrace growth assets ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... allocate more than 36 per cent of its portfolio to alternatives by 2010. Respondents cited the need to "enhance and diversify returns" as the primary driver for boosting its allocation to alternatives. The survey revealed the most popular alternative ...

FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... around a diversified set of active management positions that the firm claims has the potential to generate attractive returns over a full market cycle. The investment manager's Fixed Income Group hosts investment professionals in San Mateo, New York ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... only get you so far - it's time to free investment managers to do what they do best when it comes to harvesting better returns. Brian Parker, investment strategist at MLC Investment Management, said the overriding aim of MLC's manager selection process ...