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Pengana AEq fund added to BT Wrap

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
Pengana Capital's Australian Equities Fund has been added to the BT Wrap platform. The Pengana Australian Equities Fund is an unlisted managed investment scheme that provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of principally listed Australian companies. ...

AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... duty to distribute returns with equity among members," said Cath Bowtell, AGEST Super chief executive. The Australian equities option was the worst affected, after it was over credited by around 200 basis points. While obviously an issue, Bowtell said ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... long/short and market neutral managers in order to establish a data bank for funds looking to move out of Australian equities or fixed interest, Ivey said. The local funds most interested in alternatives tend to be larger ones with their own internal ...

Hyperion makes family office hire

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... with Tilston reporting directly to Samway. Hyperion Asset Management is a high conviction growth manager for Australian equities and currently manages around $3bn. Its executives are half owners in the business with the remainder owned by Pinnacle Investment ...

BetaShares launches BEAR Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
BetaShares has launched an Australian Equities Bear hedge fund designed to generate returns even when the market is turning down. This will be achieved by utilising shorting strategies that are negatively correlated to a falling ASX 200, but without ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian Super has moved an Australian equities mandate worth $500 million to Fidelity, from Orion Asset Management. An Australian Super spokesperson confirmed the switch but declined to comment on the reasons behind the change which will hand the ...

Hyperion builds investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has appointed Will Hartnell as a dealer and analyst in its Brisbane-based investment team. The hire brings the investment-team to five, and Hartnell will be responsible for the execution of ...

IOOF awards OC $50m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Melbourne based boutique manager OC Funds Management has been awarded a $50 million small to mid-cap Australian equities multi-mix mandate from IOOF. Robert Frost, head of investments at OC Funds Management (OC), said the mandate was acknowledgement ...

Russell launches after-tax survey

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Russell Investments has launched an Australian equities after-tax benchmarking survey designed to help superannuation funds measure and rank after-tax returns. The survey aims to provide an independent benchmark to measure and compare investment outcomes ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... Bowtell said that AGEST is also mandating managers to report returns after tax. "We have this year measured our Australian equities managers on an after-tax basis. "And we have changed all their mandates, so that they have to provide all their data on ...