The $1.95 billion TWU Super Fund has decided to appoint both of the global tactical asset allocation (TAA) managers it had shortlisted after beauty parades last month.
Mellon Capital has been assigned $35 million and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) $25 million, after asset consultant Mercer advised TWU Super’s investment committee to spread global TAA’s high risk across two managers. TWU Super chief investment officer, Andrew Killen, said both managers targeted annual outperformance of 15 per cent above cash. He said the main diffferences between the two global TAA trusts was that Mellon’s had a more concise range of bets, while BGI’s included exposure to commodities.
19 December 2006 00:00
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In an environment where markets are becoming ever more concentrated, the $21 billion Team Super is happy to wear plenty of active risk from its managers and won’t use overlays to make up for underperformance.
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