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Health Super reviews mandate line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... members] go overseas to meet some of the overseas fund managers," he said. While Clausen didn't take any sides on the active-passive management debate currently buzzing across the super industry, he said it had certainly prompted the fund to consider ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... consolidated active manager mandates to tighten up their manager line up, and the increasing number of new mandates appointed to passive investments. To date more than $3.5 billion in passive Aussie equities mandates have been appointed by players including ...

Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
Asset Super has made sweeping changes to its international equities and bonds mandates, dropping seven out of eight international equities fund managers and appointing nine new mandates across both asset classes. Asset Super has discontinued mandates ...

...and what it means for Australian instos

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... clients." Based on both of the firm's track record, the combined group will have a strong suite of products across active, passive and scientific investments in equities, fixed income and alternatives.

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... employees in 24 countries. BlackRock chairman and chief executive Laurence D. Fink notes the combination of active and passive investment products will boost their tailored portfolios for institutional and retail clients. "The thought leadership and ...

AustralianSuper saves $4m per year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... $28 billion AustralianSuper could reap $4 million in savings a year following the fund's increasing shift from active to passive investment mandates. Elana Rubin, chair of the industry fund and a speaker at yesterday's Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... increasing debate among Frontier's clients - which include heavyweights AustralianSuper, Cbus and HESTA - about active versus passive management, she said. "When people look at where their money gets spent, by far the largest expense for many funds is ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... communication techniques taught in journalism courses. For example, it recommends staff to use "active" as opposed to "passive" sentences and make emails sound like a day-to-day conversation, not a legal document. The changes - such as writing "If there's ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... effectively managing their performance." "We decided that we would [be] much better off to have close to 50 per cent in passive [investments] and the remainder spread amongst a small group of managers," said Lambert. The super fund's next project is ...

Media Super pushes into equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... listed markets. He said the fund had previously been allocating all inflows towards cash but had begun moving funds into passive indexed Australian equity strategies. "We've only been doing that for the past three weeks. Our cash flow is around $3 million ...