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CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... appointed a $60 million mandate to the Wellington Special Strategies Equity Fund. The $60 million came from an axed global equities mandate with Barclays Global Investors. According to Guy Rundle, investment relationship manager at CitySuper, Wellington ...

Focus on quality: T. Rowe Price

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... rotating out of the defensive sector too soon and too fast. Rob Gensler, portfolio manager of T. Rowe Price's global equities strategy, said that an analysis of sector-based performance of global equities - from health care to financials - in the last ...

Ambassador gains $2.5bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... over time as the group adds resources. He believes there's institutional interest for a good global fixed income, global equities (small caps) or a commodities fund manager. Set up in November 2004, Ambassador was founded by Richard Darke, Peter Tiffin ...

Transition mandates to reach record highs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... next few months. In such a highly concentrated market as the Australian/New Zealand space, this is significant." Global equities funds are also facing a 'survival of the fittest' test. "The dispersion of manager returns, trends toward the de-risking ...

T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... their flagship product, the Global Equity Strategy, will also appeal to financial planners. "We have the highest [global equities] rating across insto and retail," said Brewer, noting the group's top recommendation from researchers Van Eyk and Lonsec. ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... disappointing given that we had expected the sector to have been more defensive relative to traditional Australian and global equities," said Eu Jo Chan, investment analyst at van Eyk. "However taking into account the spike in correlations it is clear ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

S&P retains 'five stars' rating on Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Standard & Poor's has kept the 'five stars' rating on the Capital International Global Equities fund. The firm previously rated the fund 'five stars' but the fund needed to be re-rated after a change in distribution partners. The fund was previously ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... boutique investment managers, Newton Investment Management Limited and Walter Scott & Partners Limited, to manage global equities ex-Japan. The two individual mandates will be managed by members of the global equity teams at Newton, based in London and ...

Morningstar keeps PM Capital rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... Absolute Performance strategy. According to the firm's latest report, PM Capital was one of the worst performing global equities strategies in the Morningstar coverage list during last year. However, the report said Morningstar continues to see value ...