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Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
State Street Global Advisors is experiencing an influx of passive style investment mandates as Aussie instos continue favouring passive managers. Robert Goodlad, senior managing director of State Street Global Advisors Australia, said State Street had ...

Tasplan axes $280m State Street mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... million respectively from Tasplan. "We've appointed Vanguard to manage global and domestic fixed interest to our enhanced passive portfolio. "[We've] also appointed Colonial First State to manage a global credit portfolio of $40 million and the cash ...

Reverse core satellite approach: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... should consider reversing the traditional approach to core-satellite investment strategy and adopt an "active" core and "passive" satellite tactic in bad markets, according to van Eyk. Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director, said the next ...

Lonsec 'recommends' Instreet DPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... Merrill Lynch (Australia) Futures issue the DPA. The ratings firm said the product is appropriate for investors seeking passive exposure to Australian equities, but investors should be aware the product does not include capital protection. George Lucas ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... building blocks for diversified investor portfolios." While the ETF sector may offer asset managers opportunities in both passive and active products, this sector's growth is affecting even those firms not directly involved in the managing and selling ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... bottom out towards the end of this year," said another. However sovereign wealth funds said they will continue with their passive investment styles. The funds that were interviewed stated without exception that their preferred option for investing was ...

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... the country because it's the only source of what you might call 'active return' that's available," he said. "Bonds are a passive return, property is a passive return so shares are the only thing that can give you profits and capital gains. "It's that ...

BGI wins $2bn French mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... invested in European equities. Following the completion of the selection process for the third lot, BGI was chosen to run a passive European equities portfolio for the fund. According to FRR, the overall quality of the proposals submitted for the mandate ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... after axing its previous deal with UBS Global Managers. Apart from State Street, Mellon Capital Management is another passive manager on the fund's investment line-up. Coinciding with the new mandate, the trustee board has changed the APFC's equity investments ...

Rebalance now, reap rewards later

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... reality is achieving such an outcome is very challenging. Rebalancing provides a solution to this problem by providing 'passive market timing' which is the smart investors disciplined approach to the concept of 'buy low, sell high', said Russell. "Investors ...