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Allco opens door to Malaysia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... Allco and its joint venture partner in Malaysia CIMB Group will first launch the CIMB Allco Structured Finance Fund, a passive investment vehicle with an expected capital commitment of A$350 million. The fund will focus on mezzanine and junior tranches ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

There are less mum-and-dad investors in the market but they are trading more frequently and placing bigger bets, according to the latest Share Ownership Study by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This is the tenth study conducted by the ASX ...

Vision Super adds currency manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... active positions away from benchmarks to diversify vision Super's currency holdings. The fund will, however, retain a passive hedge over 50 per cent of the global equities currency exposure.

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

Passive investing is now a $6.4 trillion industry with new themes emerging such as the push for riskier products and the rise of alternative asset classes, according to a new survey. Pensions & Investments, a US based investments publication conducted ...

Passive hedge fund investing in vogue

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Tracker Fund attracted an impressive US$5 billion of investor money in the past two years, proof that more investors want hedge fund performance but at "index" fees. "While the [tracker] fund was set up in ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... million. Paul said the fund is replacing their active Australian bond mandate currently with BT in favour of implementing a passive investment strategy through SSGA. "We are moving from active Australian bond investments to purely passive bond investments ...

Index funds basking in the glow of 6,000

... S&P/ASX300 Index zooming past 6,000 points last week, investors in index funds can look back at another year of exceptional passive returns. According to Rainmaker Data, the top 10 index funds last year achieved an average return of 24 per cent, and ...

GDI Property aiming for big returns from small portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... portfolios. "In the reweighting to property since 2001, the retail market saw a big shift in demand toward open funds with a passive, yield focus," Veale said. And he believed GDI Property Group would again deliver strong returns to investors. "In the ...

Access all asset classes: Vanguard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... but the most pragmatic and cost effective way to gain exposure across all asset classes is through properly diversified passive investing. While banking and financial services are major contributors to the Australian index and would continue to underpin ...