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Asset managers must work on unique value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... managers rethink their approach to active investment strategies, the ability to package a firm's products in an asset allocation to help grow assets under management is appealing," Powers said. From a capabilities perspective, asset managers are most ...

LUCRF Super appoints new asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... process, Frontier was considered to be the best overall fit for LUCRF Super, taking into account its expertise in asset allocation, track record advising industry funds, capability of specialist consultants, cultural alignment and the strength of the ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Asia-Pacific family offices have recorded strong performance off the back of developed-market equities and private equity, according to latest research. In a survey of principles and executives among 262 family offices, the Global Family Office Report ...

Managed accounts add brilliant value for dealer group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... tracking to retirement goals for example, he said. The 'C' stands for 'core portfolios' with a long-term strategic asset allocation making up the bulk of the client portfolio; the active or tactical component sits between 10% to 30%. The 'Reserves' portion ...

Shaw and Partners leverages success to grow SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... uses the seven asset class based portfolios as the building blocks of its goals-based portfolios by running an asset allocation strategy appropriate to the objectives of each goal portfolio. Investors are increasingly looking for a bespoke, goals-based ...

BT appoints CIO and grows investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... chief investment officer, revealed further additions to its investment team, and confirmed the search for a new asset allocation head. Having served in the role since the departure of Martyn Wild in March, Corrin Collocott has been formally appointed ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... that 69% of respondents used derivatives as a derivative overlay, 31% considered them a core component of their asset allocation and 41.4% only used derivatives through an external manager. When asked why they used derivatives, 57% cited their usefulness ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... want to be in accumulation or retirement. And if it's the latter, you need to start thinking about designing asset allocation to cater to retirees, and give them choice, or a competitor will. Don't be like the medieval church. Or the Tsars."

AIST names rising star

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees named the winner of its 2017 Investment Rising Star Award. State Super head of asset allocation Charles Wu was given the award, which was judged based on four criteria: leadership within the team or organisation ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... from January 1990 to September 2015 which found that 89% of a portfolio's movements over time were determined by asset allocation; only 11% was attributed to security selection and market timing. "Market cycles play out against a backdrop of economic ...