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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007

... most significant concern of the US is the area of intellectual property rights where US consumers are paying for the research and development of commercial ideas that are being stolen from them by Chinese operators. Despite a commitment to crack down ...

Alternative goes mainstream as long-only dies

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007

... new market environment and become even more focused on specialisation, he said. Andrew Keevers, associate director of research at Rainmaker said a sting in the tail with these approaches however is that investment fees can often be much higher and easy ...

Russell adds two to international fund

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007

... said portfolio manager, Kathy Cave. The other managers in the Russell International Shares fund are Bernstein Investment Research and Management (17.5 per cent), MFS Institutional Advisors (17.5 per cent), Institutional Capital Corporation (11.6 per ...

AGEST to hold AGM

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007

Public offer industry fund AGEST will join the elite list of super funds brave enough to directly front their members in person when it holds its first member meeting in Canberra on 19 April. Michael Seton, chief executive of AGEST, said, "This is the ...

BT head of alternatives departs, new role created

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007

... diversified portfolios, including the group's balanced and hedge fund products, exposure management and quantitative research function," he said. "Apart from his portfolio management strengths, Al has a strong background in manager selection, having ...

Tyndall welcomes head of retail

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007

Tyndall has appointed the former head of retail at ABN AMRO Asset Management to the newly created role of head of retail. Brett Himbury, Tyndall managing director, said the appointment of Craig Hobart to the new role was a key milestone in Tyndall's ...

R&D and new clients drive a transformed Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007

Revenue from acquisitions, research and development initiatives, combined with organic growth, have driven technology solutions provider Bravura to more than double in size in just the last year. Iain Dunstan, Bravura group chief executive officer and ...

AXA wins Morningstar's Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER | TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007

... They have a number of diverse capabilities in the equity space and this put them in front," said Anthony Serhan, head of research at Morningstar. Morningstar awards for overall best manager are based on points being awarded to managers for top 10 placings ...

Understanding will drive hedge funds

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007

... the fact definitive information was hard to collate. "Hedge fund managers are reluctant to contribute to some of the [research] databases," Glass said. "I am hearing that some are happy to fill out the forms for one or two databases, but that means no ...

...meanwhile hedge fund sector returns can be synthesised

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007

... rather it's a synthetic replication of the investment styles that make up hedge funds. By using benchmarks from Hedge Fund Research, a hedge fund research group that monitors more than 6,000 hedge funds globally, Brakke said investment style analysis ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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