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Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... managers as well. Wholesale Aussie equities funds for example reported 10.2 per cent returns for the last three months versus the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index's 9.6 per cent. Over a five year period, managed wholesale funds and super funds respectively ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... credits should pre-tax returns be the same for both shares sectors," it said. The fund also made subtle changes to the growth versus defensive allocation in certain options. For example, the fund's balanced option will have 5 per cent more in growth ...

ING battles longevity risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... over the next 24 months would be much more for consumer choice. Let the consumer choose how and when they pay for advice versus the cost of advice being built into financial products. So I think you're going to see that much more," he said. Either way ...

Active managers be warned: Frontier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... increasing debate among Frontier's clients - which include heavyweights AustralianSuper, Cbus and HESTA - about active versus passive management, she said. "When people look at where their money gets spent, by far the largest expense for many funds is ...

New chapter for DST Global Solutions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... new name. There has also been a confusion in the past with the services offered under the DST International brand here versus overseas. "The name change is certainly more reflective of what we're about, in terms of positioning ourselves as clearly a ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... cycle (with most investment cycles lasting five to seven years). To date, K2 Select has returned 10.3 per annum since 2005 versus the MSCI World AUD index's loss of 2 per cent over the same time period. In the six months to April this year, the fund ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... these criticisms are unlikely to have much impact if the Rudd government points to the previous government's record on core versus non-core promises. But minor parties in the Senate already expressing opposition to the rebate cut present more significant ...

VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... benchmark's wider loss of 29.7 per cent. Cash was the only shining light. It delivered a positive return of 6.96 per cent, versus the benchmark's 6.69 per cent. Overall, the fund posted a 4.41 per cent loss for the quarter and 19 per cent for the yea ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Paydirt 2009 South Australia Resources Conference begins in Adelaide. Australian Securities and Investments Commission versus Fortescue Metals Group Ltd case continues in Federal Court. The Australian share market closed marginally lower on muted trading ...

More boutiques on BTIM's radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... performed relatively well in retaining its FUM. In the year to December 2008, Westpac/BT's wholesale FUM fell 3 per cent versus an average 28 per cent FUM decrease suffered by nine of the largest fund managers in Australia.