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Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... East unrest and the recent Japanese disaster have made firms re-think their emergency data back-up plans. The old active/passive approach means firms are paying for surplus systems they don't need, Das said. Instead, they could pick up an active/active ...

CFS tilts at emerging market returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Colonial First State subsidiary Realindex Investments has launched an emerging markets index fund that seeks to remove the drag of weighting distortion with value investing techniques. The fund, which will have fees of 79 basis points per annum and ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... super fund had also seen a strong increase in the amount of money that's been mandated to it for listed equities, both passive and active. IFM was rapidly increasing its funds under management, he said. "In the calendar year 2010, our assets under management ...

FSS and Health Super merger on track

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... costs down by ensuring thorough research and a profit and loss analysis on all services and products. It uses a large passive core index plus satellite managers who are given incentives to outperform, and makes sure to ask members' opinion before introducing ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... funds in particular are concerned that if MySuper proposals are passed, the concentration on fees will push more towards passive management, which could ultimately lead to poorer asset allocation and sub-optimal performance for members. Lachlan Baird ...

Russell to launch insto ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... traded funds (ETFs) for institutional investors, at a time when more super funds are adopting new ways to manage their passive strategies. Russell will be channelling efforts into creating more "targeted ETFs", products that are based on exposures that ...

US leading lights report Q4

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... under management had increased by 2 per cent to US$2.01 trillion, noting that it "continues to benefit from growth in passive and ETF assets." Assets under custody and administration increased by 6.4 per cent to US$21.5 trillion.

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... funds can be to 'key man risk', while QSuper's decision to shift $10 billion into State Street ratcheted the active versus passive debate up a notch or two. And with regulatory reforms still a work in progress, and a number deals still to be resolved ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
While the active versus passive debate usually centers around stocks, one of the country's largest fixed interest managers is keen to have the same argument around bonds. In a new paper, Abedeen's head of Australian Fixed Income, Victor Rodriguez, argues ...

Prime Super restructures equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... assets to add to its investments. Lachlan Baird, chief executive of Prime Super, said the fund has terminated enhanced passive mandates with State Street and BGI within the fund's $220 million global equities portfolio. The fund awarded $77 million each ...