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Mason Stevens releases global equity managed account

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Managed accounts provider, Mason Stevens, has released its first global equities portfolio after partnering up with Caledonia (Private) Investments. In an exclusive offering for managed accounts clients, the Mason Stevens Global Concentrated Portfolio ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... quarter it allocated $8.48 billion or 11.6 per cent to Australian equities, $19.9 billion or 27.3 per cent to global equities, and $14.2 billion or 19.5 per cent to debt securities. All percentages exclude Telstra shares. Bessemer was unable to disclose ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Global equities fund managers are often choosing the same stocks for their top 10 holdings, research house Lonsec has found in its latest global equity fund sector review. The review rated 39 funds of which 26 were qualitatively managed by active stock ...

CBA funds get small Q1 lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... took a 0.8 per cent dip to $152 billion during the quarter caused predominantly by short-term cash mandates and global equities. As of March 31 2011, CBA had $23.9 billion in Australian equities, $52.1 billion in global equities, $50.8 billion in cash ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... 10.69 per cent and SGH ICE that rose 6.82 per cent. Their performance as a group was outstanding compared with global equities fund managers. Global equities outperformed the domestic index with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index rising 3.89 per cent ...

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has temporarily withdrawn its Global Equity Opportunities Fund from the Australian market due to resignation of two portfolio managers in Europe. Standard & Poor's Fund Services removed its three star rating at the ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... cent this year with its recovery facing significant headwinds. Many fund managers started the year bullish on global equities, with Principal Global Investors leading the charge, basing their US forecasts on a growth rate of 3 per cent and anticipated ...

Three star Bell appoints equities analysts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Bell Asset Management has appointed two senior analysts for its global equities fund that earns three star rating from Standard & Poor's. The Melbourne-based manager, which has $3.5 billion in funds under management/administration, has added Nicole ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... Australian Equity and Geared Global Equity. Acadian's Australian Equities Long/Short fund remains at three stars while Global Equities Long/Short is rated at two stars. S&P fund ratings are awarded from five stars (high) to one star (low) to reflect ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... recovery should not be too strong. "We are sceptical that we are facing a sustained downturn for either Japanese or global equities and believe that any losses will be recouped relatively quickly," it said. First State Investments said that across its ...