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Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... find undervalued companies with strong management teams that have significant growth opportunities. "[Harris Associates] research process and distinctive value orientated approach enable the firm to build large cap portfolios comprised of undervalued ...

Principal Global appoints Hanel

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... of sales and marketing at Principal Global Investors, said Hanel's experience in domestic and international equities research would prove to a "strong asset to the team". Principal Global Investors is a diversified asset management group with $279.3 ...

FF appoints investment director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... and vice president of credit and corporate finance at JP Morgan. Starting mid-January, Stack will be responsible for research and the management of fixed interest and non-equity alternatives portfolio, which includes macro hedge funds and currency st ...

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... This can be the case if the destination fund is a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker, said the complaints by planners are ironic because they mirror complaints earlier this year by some industry ...

Better beta through fundamental indexing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... their beta exposure and gain higher returns along the way through fundamental indexing, said Jason Hsu, a director at Research Affiliates, at the IMCA Conference last week. Hsu said that one of the ironies in investors wanting diversified sources of ...

Suncorp expands fixed interest team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... market dealer this year. Kazokov has previously held quantitative analysis roles at Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. A senior research associate at the University of Sydney (UTS), Kazokov developed trading algorithms to enhance and improve portfolio management. ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... to GDP. They have been compiled using a modified version of the method developed by the US National Bureau of Economic Research using about 5-10 indices for each country and 224 series in total. The good news is the OECD may not be tipping the Rudd Labor ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Fund size, a well-defined management structure and a flexible investment portfolio are the key ingredients of an "optimal" super fund, according to a leading expert in global pension management. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association ...

The secret to MTAA's success

... infrastructure assets and direct property. In 2006, the fund entered into a joint venture with Bio Innovation SA, a world class research and development entity and facility. Following the 'Two Portfolio Strategy', the fund's Balanced Option (default) ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... fundamental to any multi-manager portfolio. But many managers will never make up for choosing bad managers," said Jon Eggins, research associate at Russell Investment Group. This means you should be wary of "myths" about how having too many managers ...