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UK fund seeks global eq manager

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... diversified alternatives mandate." In addition to the global equities mandate, the British fund is also looking to appoint a passive multi-asset mandate for up to 40 per cent of the fund's assets, including all of its UK equities, regional overseas equities ...

Qantas Super to exit Constellation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... partner. "We're actually quite excited about this opportunity to identify a [new] shareholder. Clearly Qantas has been a passive participant," he said. Qantas Super was uncontactable during press time but Little said that the split was amicable. "Their ...

Credit Suisse nabs AMF stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... paid $446 million for over 80 per cent of AMF. The Canadian company provides capital to asset managers in exchange for a passive, non-voting, limited term interest in a manager's future revenues. Since its inception in 2003, AMF has completed 12 transactions ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... boutique manager Independent Asset Management P/L have been appointed satellite managers. Both core managers will adopt a passive investment style, with the aim of matching or exceeding marginally the investment performance of the Australian and international ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... undertaken by the future fund." David Neal, Future Fund chief investment officer said even though the fund is not explicitly passive in its investment style, most of its international assets are currently invested in line with the world index. "So we ...

Prime Super switches custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Prime Super has appointed NAB Custody Services (NCS) after switching asset consultants to change the fund's investment strategy. Prime Super chose Access Capital Advisers to provide asset consultancy services in November 2006, which resulted in a review ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... selection and cost. "The hedge fund beta approach aims to address those concerns. [The strategy] allows clients to make a passive allocation to access beta, and to only pay hedge fund like-fees where they can identify genuine hedge fund alpha producers," ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...

Attack of the hedge clones

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... of Opes Prime Asset Management, cloning delivers the returns of hedge funds at a dramatically lower cost, by creating passive replicating portfolios or clones of other funds. "The use of liquid exchange traded instruments that provide similar risk exposures ...

QSuper offers low cost option

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... QSuper has designed a low cost balanced option, Basic Growth, which boasts a low management expense ratio by focusing on passive investments. Basic Growth maintains a low management expense ratio (MER) of 0.32 per cent for 2007/08 due to passive investments ...