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BTIM adds PM to macro strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Jason Petras was recruited as portfolio manager to work with Joe Bracken, head of BT Investment Management's Macro Strategies. Petras will be responsible for research, develop and implement quantitative strategies for the flagship Global Macro fund. ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... taken as a whole otherwise what you do will be found to be invalid. The solicitor general confirmed this difficulty in the ALP-Oakshott plan when he provided the government with qualified legal advice that said their plan is only possible if the pairing ...

Investors shun social media, for now

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Nearly 75 per cent of institutional investors and stockbroking analysts snub social media for investment research - but a minority group visits websites such as YouTube to analyse investors' attitude to brands and stocks they follow, new research shows. ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
One way investors can make better returns through their emerging markets mandates is by refining them down to the small caps sector, say experts. Investors should by now be familiar with the anticipated shift of emerging market economies, as they mature ...

Man introduces daily liquidity for flagship fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Man Investments Australia switches from weekly to daily liquidity for its Man AHL Alpha (AUD) product, addressing a major priority for investors post GFC - the ability to redeem and access funds. The Man AHL Alpha (AUD) fund is a unit trust that invests ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). "In my experience, the ALP and Greens have always supported superannuation policy and I would expect the Independents, who seem like forward thinking ...

Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Paul Scully, finance author and long-time industry professional, outlined his views on the shape of the industry over the next decade, predicting bigger problems for platforms, some types of multi-manager strategies and some super funds. Scully, who ...

Focus on member retirement outcomes

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
Super funds should focus on 'real' member retirement outcomes, not relative returns, annual account balances and peer performance, said Troy Rieck, QIC head of capital markets. Speaking at the 16th annual Rainmaker Marketing symposium late last week ...

No change in Concord strategies: Invesco

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Invesco Australia chief executive Mick O'Brien has reassured investors that the investment team of its recently bought boutique, Concord Capital, will remain with the firm and manage existing mandates following the buyout. In a press statement released ...

Basis Yield lawsuit continues

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Basis Yield Alpha Fund (Master) (BYAFM) released a statement responding to the Goldman Sachs motion to dismiss BYAFM's security fraud suit that is currently pending in federal court in New York. Goldman Sachs has now argued that the case is a foreign ...