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Colonial's small-cap strategy takes a nice stroll

Morningstar has given Colonial's Core small-caps strategy an 'investment grade' rating stating that this strategy is not encumbered with capacity issues and should stroll modestly over the medium to long term. While commending its recent double digit ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a combination of weak offshore leads and poor base and precious metals sets a distinctly bearish tone for the local bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

IML highly recommended for the long haul

... currently at 15.06 per cent - and underweight commodities position. The fund's conservative approach has performed best in bear markets, outperforming just under 90.0 per cent of the time compared with 43.4 per cent in up markets. Morningstar highlights ...

Zenith rates Macquarie Morgan Stanley Global Franchise Fund as 'highly recommended'

... team since 2001 and has overall responsibility for the fund's performance. Zenith believes the GFF will perform better in bear markets as it is centred on absolute value. The research house suggests GFF should play a supporting role in an international ...

Mariner sails into wealth management

... same terms having the same exercise price and which are in a number representing the same ratio as currently issued options bear to currently issued shares. Mariner's managing director Bill Ireland has signalled further acquisitions as the financial ...

Maple-Brown Abbott goes the distance

... taking up positions in stocks that are out of favour. As such this Australian Equity Trust generally performs better in a bear market. Recent assessments reflect this characteristic as the manager has outperformed its benchmark 75 per cent of the time ...

Alliance a work in progress

... choosing to invest in former market winners CSL, News Corp and the Mayne Group, all of which performed very badly during the bear market. High staff turnover has also hurt the fund with seven out of the eight-member investment team having less than two ...

Four Stars awarded to Challenger: Morningstar

Morningstar has given Challenger a four star rating in its latest assessment of the institution's investment team and strategy. The ratings house said Challenger's style neutral strategy should be mixed with at least another large-cap or growth manager ...

NAB revises results format

National Australia Bank has changed prior period figures as well as some of the format in its full-year results announcement pack. Non-accrual loan balances have been increased to $254 million for September 2003 and $263 million for March 2004 to reflect ...

ASIC cancels Halifax Partners' Australian financial services licence

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Halifax Partners (Halifax) upon request by the company's sole director Mr Jason Foote. Halifax had earlier been subject to an investigation by ASIC regarding contraventions of the Corporations ...