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Commissions mgmt systems need work

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... According to Kurt Smyth, sales and marketing manager with Dealer Management Systems, fund managers and other providers are conscious of this phenomenon and are improving their electronic payment systems. "Fund managers and product providers are aware ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... of the commodities boom, stop and consider a three pronged alternative strategy that will give you the edge in an SRI-conscious world. Kingsley Jones, international portfolio equities manager at Macquarie Funds Management, believes investors should carefully ...

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... quantitative, tax-aware Australian equities portfolio. Maurice O'Shannassy, BlackRock managing director, said a tax-conscious portfolio could make a substantial difference to the portfolio's total returns. "If you've held a stock for less than a year ...

Westpac Staff Super awards $50m to HFA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... is to generate a consistent return for investors while maintaining low levels of volatility," said White. HFA made a conscious decision mid last year to tap in the intuitional and wholesale space, and now has a dedicated resource for this area. "Since ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... in after-tax investing after it shifted $2.5 billion of multi-manager mandates into fund managers that are more tax-conscious. Mercer Global Investments (MGI) has overhauled its Australian share portfolio with five major fund managers dropped from the ...

Western Pacific and Asgard wrap up small investors

... major step forward for the small investors," says Western Pacific CEO Geoff Pritchard. Pritchard says, "We are very conscious of wanting to provide the Western Pacific advice and investment performance value propositions to all of our clients however ...

Morningstar comfortable with Fiducian Oz shares strategy

... 0.22, 1.17 and 0.17 per cent over the three five and seven years to March 31, 2005. "We expect Fiducian's volatility-conscious but competitive offering to deliver consistent results over the long term," Morningstar says. The fund runs a management expense ...

It's only the beginning for GSJBW's Australian share fund

... Morningstar Research has awarded the strategy of Goldman Sachs JBWere's (GSJBW) Wholesale Australian Equity Fund an 'investment grade' rating, acknowledging the lost ground the fund made up over the past 12 months but believing it now needs to consolidate ...

Burke the leader of Mercer's Funds of Managers business

... that is part of the newly formed Mercer Global Investments arm. Burke brings to Mercer over 16 years of experience in investment management, research and financial services. Previously he has held roles as state manager for ASSIRT, and head of portfolio ...

Acumen Super reports $140 FUM after first 12 months

... ability to service both accumulation and defined benefit plans, we expect to continue to attract other quality and cost-conscious corporates to our platform."