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Skandia gives multi-managers mandates

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... implemented a centralised portfolio management (CPM) strategy on their Australian share multi-manager funds, managed by Vanguard. With all the recent changes, Skandia hired a specialist transition manager, focused on maximising efficiency, to execute ...

Vanguard appoints sales head

Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed Brett Mennie as national sales manager in adviser sales. Prior to joining Vanguard, Mennie was state manager for AXA Financial Advice Network, managing a network of 300 financial advisers across three AXA ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... strategies, in response to investor needs. The first of these is a Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) mandate given to Vanguard, which maintains what is on the surface an actively managed portfolio, but with a large reduction trading volumes and ...

To tailor or not to tailor

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... is. It's a very important part of the process." Michael Houlihan, manager of retail products and technical services at Vanguard, said what is straightforward in theory might not translate quite as seamlessly in practice. "In a lot of cases, there's not ...

Messaging transactions for 12 cents: SWIFT

... major custodians and fund managers namely ANZ, Ausmaq, Colonial First State, Macquarie, NCS, State Street, RBC Dexia, Vanguard, HSBC and ABN AMRO. Michelle Baltazar

Core-satellite investing gets the balance right

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Index manager Vanguard Investments has urged advisers to use the core-satellite approach to boost returns and reduce the volatility of their clients' portfolios. A popular model in the US, core-satellite investing combines a 'core' portfolio of indexed ...

Active fund tax burden costs 4pc of returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... investing could cost up to $38,000 for a top marginal tax bracket investor with $500,000 in investments, according to Vanguard research. Vanguard's head of retail Robin Bowerman said that while super funds enjoyed concessional tax rates, the difference ...

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

Vanguard and State Street are among the winners of QIC's radical move announced a year ago 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 ...

VFMC gets centralised

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed Vanguard to manage their new Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) system. A relatively new concept in Australia, Vanguard pioneered the technique in 2004 with MLC. VFMC is introducing ...

SWIFT protocols to slash transaction fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... Australian pilot study for their new XML protocols. Local institutions participating in the pilot include BT wrap, JP Morgan, Vanguard, NAB, HSBC, Barclays, ANZ and Ausmac. Adam Wilson, SWIFT's securities commercial manager in Australian and New Zealand ...