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Principal Global Investors wins $160m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... including PGI's, were appointed after Suncorp decided to shake its line up of managers to increase its weighting to emerging markets. This appointment follows the launch of the Principal Global Equity Growth Fund and the Principal Emerging Markets Equity ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... next five years, fund managers are bullish on public equities, investment grade bonds, high yield bonds and the emerging markets, the survey found. They are, however, bearish on hedge funds, government bonds, money market and real estate. Watson Wyatt ...

New year, new stocks: Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... the stocks in the portfolio and reconfigured fund manager allocation. The trust has increased its weighting to emerging markets, reduced the number of stocks held from over 1000 to just under 500, and reconfigured the underlying manager allocation. Suncorp ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Deutsche Thematic, Orbis, Pzena, Holowesko, Taube Hodson Stonex, Wellington Special Strategies and Charlemagne Emerging Markets among its new managers. As a result of the reshuffle, NGSS' mandates with AMP Future Directions and Barclays Global Investors ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... who has been with Nicholas-Applegate for 14 years and has managed a broad range of global, U.S., non-U.S. and emerging markets strategies.

FMs turn to equities in 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Six of the world's largest fund managers are bullish on US, Asia Pacific and emerging markets equities in 2009, according to an HSBC survey. Fund managers see a potential upside to equities but hold mixed views on bonds and cash in the fourth quarter ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... The majority of these shocks, which include the US savings and loans crisis, the Asian financial crisis, the emerging markets debt crisis and the tech boom, were characterised by excessive lending. Macfarlane said that, while the short-term goal was ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... from 2.5 per cent in the previous month. Given the contraction in most major world economies and the slowdown in emerging markets, it is safe to assume that easing prices in the US are also happening elsewhere -- except in Zimbabwe. This is good news ...

The Cambridge Strategy appoints MD

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Colehan worked for UBS O'Connor's Currency and Rates hedge fund from 1999. As portfolio manager, he traded G14 and emerging markets foreign exchange and interest rate products. Between 1994 and 1999, Colehan worked for HSBC Futures as a senior sales ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... traditional index funds that overweight overvalued stocks. In addition to the Realindex RAFI funds, the FirstChoice Emerging Markets multi manager option was also added to the platform. The CommInsure insurance product's application form is now simpler ...