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Super fund awards Aussie equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... awarded a mandate worth more than $200 million to Omega Global Investors. State Super allocated the funds to Omega's smart beta-plus strategy, complementing its existing Australian equity portfolio. Omega joins the likes of Pendal, Maple-Brown Abbott ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... total through passive managers, and recently added the first exchange-traded fund to its investment menu. The domestic smart beta product is an addition to manage costs for index return component of the portfolios. "In the fourth quarter of the last ...

Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Nearly six in 10 institutional asset owners are now using smart beta strategies in their portfolios, according to a new survey of 178 instos by FTSE Russell. Adoption has doubled what it was five years ago when roughly three in 10 used smart beta. Last ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... the Investment Solutions Group, said the risk-based ETF model portfolio uses factor-based strategies in the form of smart beta, quality, value and low volatility. This is a key differentiator as history and academic studies have proven that factor-based ...

Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... index instead of the fund manager's skills. "Active managers must also differentiate themselves and provide what smart beta cannot. If this differentiation can't be achieved, then investors will continue to question the fees they are being charged ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... months. Exchange traded products attracted $397 million in net inflows in February and almost a third of it went into smart beta products, according to VanEck.

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... months. Exchange traded products attracted $397 million in net inflows in February and almost a third of it went into smart beta products, according to VanEck.

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... the best ideas from active and passive asset management - from plain vanilla off-the-shelf index exposures to ESG and smart beta solutions," Orr said. "This mandate is a testament to the need for bespoke cost-efficient passive strategies in the Australian ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Property Securities Fund Real Returns Aberdeen Standard Investments Aberdeen Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Smart Beta Dimensional Fund Advisors Dimensional Australian Small Company Investment Manager of the Year Macquarie Investment Managemen ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund - Class W PIMCO Global RealReturn Fund SMART BETA AB Managed Volatility Equities Dimensional Australian Small Company Dimensional Global Core Equity Trust Dimensional Global ...