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Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Pacific. State Street believed actively managed ETPs could begin to gain traction, despite being traditionally viewed as passive strategies. ETPs can also be actively managed, offering transparency, liquidity and ease of dealing with the possibility ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... be some clients who will walk away from their services but that is the point of the reforms, to end what's become the passive income problem." According to Deen Sanders, chief professional officer, Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), the ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... option for exposure to a variety of derivatives, allowing hedging and capitalisation on market inefficiencies and alpha. "Passive management actually puts more risk in a portfolio because indices sometimes do stupid things," said McCormick. The move ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... benchmark held by biggest debtors in addition to exposure to interest rate, inflation, liquidity and credit risk of a passive approach have provided the rationale for QIC's switch to a dynamic model. "What we're aiming to achieve is a real rate of return ...

Govt releases final issue of investment manager regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... managed funds. "The implementation of the IMR for managed funds ensures that Australia's taxing arrangements with regards to passive portfolio investments are in line with international norms and will make Australia a more attractive place to do business ...

legalsuper launches low fee investment option

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... brokerage fees and capital gains tax." legalsuper said the low fee index addition means it now offers both active and passive investment styles to its members. "The low fee index option will suit investors looking for market returns over the medium to ...

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
BlackRock Investment Management Australia has been appointed to manage almost $4 billion of assets for VicSuper Fund, one of Australia's fastest growing public offer superannuation funds. BlackRock will manage the index mandates across Australian equity ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... said Hargis. According to Hargis, while this approach may lag in bull markets, it can deliver better performance than passive equities over the long term, with less absolute risk. "This strategy tends to lose less in bear markets and has less to make ...

MLC MasterKey fees cut, new features

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Strategic Overlay, manager research for active defensive allocations and rebalancing capabilities, with predominantly passive managers."

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... and relevance of Australia's financial markets." Introductory pricing for PureMatch will be 0.15 basis points (bps) for passive liquidity (resting orders) reduced to 0.05bps for participants reaching volume qualification thresholds and 0.15 bps for aggressive ...