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QIC and QSuper pour $28b in alpha-beta mandates

... to invest $28 billion in separate alpha and beta strategies, with both fund managers awarded around $3 billion each in passive mandates. Many super funds have been keenly watching the movements of QIC, one of the first in the market to say that they ...

Alternatives rewrite custody

... separate entity," said the unit's new head Martin Archer. This is a far cry from the days when custodians were merely passive third party safekeepers of assets and providers of basic transactions and settlements. Today, investment managers are outsourcing ...

More money on money

... with a 230 per cent assets under management (AUM) growth over the same period, equivalent $34 billion across active and passive strategies. Loong said currency risks can be managed three ways. Passive management can reduce volatility, allowing the fund ...

FF enters market but quietly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... biggest holder of cash, eclipsing Macquarie by 50 per cent. To illustrate the scale, Rainmaker said with its 2.1 billion passive Telstra shares, equivalent to 15 per cent of the company until they come off escrow in November next year, the Future Fund ...

Credit Suisse puts twist on hedge indexing

... for those hedge funds to produce a tax statement - upwards of three months. The product has gone down well due to its passive nature and therefore lower cost structure, Haynes said. "Some feedback was that they found many of the current structures in ...

AMP NZ shifts passive portfolio to 100% active

... decision came about after the NZ government outlined new legislation this year which "offers a level playing field" for both passive and active investments. "Under the old rules, we decided that investors will get better returns from a passively managed ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... speak." The investment in the lower-fee Perpetual fund helped keep the balance, according to Paul. "The combination of a passive investment with Perpetual, and the active investment with ING means because of the balance now&we end up with exactly the ...

Enhanced index tips over $10bn

... can avail of an index strategy that offers "alpha" opportunities but within the risks and costs often associated with passive portfolios. He said that following GIP's popularity, SSgA is due to launch similar fund products but with a focus on emerging ...

New look diversified funds recommended: Lonsec

... appointed two new active managers last month, Challenger Managed Investments and Schroder Investment Management Australia, and passive manager State Street Global Advisers Australia. Aberdeen Asset Management was chosen to manage the Australian fixed ...

Zurich adds new Aussie managers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... equities manager line-up review, Zurich has appointed Challenger and Schroders as active managers and State Street as a passive manager. Aberdeen has been appointed to manage Australian fixed income and cash. "We have retained the core of an exceptional ...