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Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... about the impacts of currency and that is certainly playing out in this survey," Bennett said. About a quarter of fund managers are now reviewing currency issues on a monthly basis, up from 5% in the 2013 survey. "Making a decision around foreign exchange ...

Multi-sector investments reach $555 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... return characteristics, and make it difficult to undertake like-for-like comparisons. "We're especially mindful of fund managers offering so-called "balanced" vehicles that tilt clearly towards growth assets - typically 70 to 80% of a total portfolio," ...

mFund take-up slower than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... released transaction data for the mFund service, which was launched in January 2015 and has progressively added more fund managers to the list. ASX head of customer and business development, Ian Irvine said that funds under management and transactions ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... that increasingly need to perform in-depth after-tax analysis of the performance of their external and internal fund managers. In October, GBST managing director and chief executive Stephen Lake officially left his position after announcing his retirement ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Macquarie and Commonwealth Bank are the only Australian companies to have made it into the top 100 largest fund managers globally, according to a survey by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Of the top 50 managers in the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... short equity, macro and systematic strategies. She was previously a consulting strategy specialist evaluating hedge fund managers at PivotalPath. Abbas Alighanbari joined in London and will be involved in a range of hedge fund strategies, initially focusing ...

Lonsec Research appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... his deep understanding of investment markets, hands on experience analysing both listed securities and critiquing fund managers and critically, working with clients to support implementation of research insights," Gillespie said. "His established network ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... house Lonsec has released several fund ratings during the week and results have been welcomed by the respective fund managers. Yesterday Martin Currie announced it had received a "highly recommended" rating from Lonsec for the Legg Mason Martin Currie ...

J.P. Morgan wins two custody mandates

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... consistent and unified operating model that can partner at a local level to meet their rapidly evolving needs." The fund managers said J.P. Morgan's demonstrated understanding of each institution's strategic agenda, coupled with the firm's international ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... advisers. mFund is an ASX service that allows clients to buy and sell units in unlisted managed funds directly with fund managers, and broadens the suite of investment products already available through the ASX which includes equities, LICs and ETFs," ...