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EISS offloads direct property

NSW-based industry superannuation fund Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has sold its entire direct property portfolio for $225 million with plans to redirect the proceeds into global listed and unlisted property trusts. The group has sold Macquarie ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AXA is using its global muscle to provide superannuation members with a fund that can lock in gains each year, just like a capital-protected managed fund, and potentially, on a weekly or monthly basis in the future. The Australian launch of North, a ...

SSgA restructures global asset team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has reorganised its global asset management team following the underperformance of its fixed income businesses. Mark Marinella has been promoted to chief investment officer of global fixed income following the departure ...

BT Wrap Advantage rebates $1.8m

BT Financial Group's reduced fee structure for its new Wrap Advantage program has resulted in $1.8 million worth of direct rebates to investors within six months. BT launched Wrap Advantage in March as an additional feature in its $38 billion-plus platform. ...

BlackRock inches closer to global SMA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
BlackRock Investment Management is currently testing its long-awaited move into international shares. Head of customised portfolios services, Cormac Heffernan, said "We have always stated that international shares will be our next step in product development ...

BlackRock co-founder calls it a day

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
BlackRock co-founder and president Ralph Schlosstein has announced his resignation, effective immediately, to pursue "other entrepreneurial interests". While Schlosstein will remain as an advisor until early 2008, the board has promoted Robert Kapito ...

Investors Accru SMAs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
High net worth advice specialists Accru Financial Planning (AFP) have partnered with BlackRock to offer Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) on its menu. Director Matthew Kidd said BlackRock's size and international reach, including the future inclusion ...

Mercer multi-manager is more tax savvy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Mercer Global Investments raises the stakes 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 ...

BlackRock scoops record $1.1bn quant mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
BlackRock has won a $1.1 billion Australian equities mandate from Mercer Global Investments. It is the largest quantitative mandate Blackrock has received and is worth a third of their existing $3.5 billion in assets under management. Ken Liow, head ...

Fat Prophets enters SMA market

Independent researcher Fat Prophets has launched its own version of a Separately Managed Account (SMA), providing investors access to a professionally managed share portfolio of either Australian shares or mining and resources stocks, or a blend of ...