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Henderson to grow local presence through "buy and build" approach

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... at a meeting at its new Sydney office. Gaden said Henderson was in discussions with a number of boutique active fund managers in a bid to build "meaningful minority stakes" in businesses which it feels will add additional capabilities not already offered ...

Model portfolios vulnerable to avoidable risks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... as the end of the bond bubble or a breakout in inflation. He also expressed concerns that using too many active fund managers in a portfolio can be expensive, dilute performance and result in index-like returns. Many portfolios also had an unintended ...

Certitude to access Threadneedle global income fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... already established offshore Threadneedle Global Equity Income fund. "Threadneedle is one of Europe's leading active fund managers and we are pleased that our partnership is going from strength to strength through the addition of the fund". Said Craig ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... other stock in the portfolio was less than 2% from its market weight, despite the portfolio being one of active fund managers. "You need to dig deeper into the detail when mixing these sorts of investments in order to get the outcome you intended," confirmed ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... short term." The paper assessed the current behaviour of key industry agents, including corporate management, active fund managers, asset consultants, super fund trustees and 'mum and dad' investors, concluding the approach is widespread across the industry. ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... ETFs do not offer any synthetic ETFs at present. Ebner said the fear that index ETFs would spell the end for active fund managers was unfounded and that there was room in a vibrant market for both. Some managers even used ETFs to help achieve their portfolio ...

Advisers turn from managed funds to ETFs: BetaShares

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The rise of exchange traded funds (ETF) is putting pressure on active fund managers and attracting financial advisers, according to a new ETF report released today. The BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report predicts that ETF investor numbers will ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... billion. Russell Clarke, chief investment officer at Mercer's investment management business in Australia, said active fund managers needed to stand out from their competitors when looking to award mandates. "You need a clear investment story, a clear ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Active fund managers found it very difficult to beat benchmark performance indexes after fees in the first quarter, research house Morningstar has revealed. Managers investing in large-cap Australian shares were evenly split between those that beat ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... mandated investment strategies exceeded their expected portfolio turnover between 2006 and 2009, with some active fund managers recording over 150-200 per cent higher turnover than anticipated. The Mercer report, which assessed more than 900 strategies ...