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High yield may mean lower income: CFSGAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... the current low-growth environment, dividends will make up a larger portion of the returns generated from Australian equities." Minbatiwela said that dividend yields can be misleading and that stocks should be evaluated on a total return approach factoring ...

Dalidowicz exits AustralianSuper

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... half years with the $43 billion industry super fund. Dalidowicz was responsible for managing the funds' $13bn Australian equities portfolio and its $8bn global equities portfolio. His key focus was developing and implementing investment recommendations ...

Sigma wins $100m super fund mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Boutique Australian equities manager, Sigma Funds Management, has been awarded a new investment mandate by an Australian super fund, worth in excess of $100 million. The mandate aims to capitalise on Sigma's small companies' strategy which outperformed ...

Macquarie Step now available on Macquarie Wrap

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... Macquarie Step, which closes on May 18 2012, provides investors with exposure to a range of investments including Australian equities, US equities and Managed Funds. Designed as a low maintenance investment solution, Macquarie Step features no ongoing ...

Lonsec: Australian equity markets ready to rebound

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... house Lonsec. "History shows that a period of successive rate cuts nearly always leads to a strong rally in Australian equities," said Bill Keenan Lonesec's, head of equity research. "The two most important reasons are firstly, a lower cash rate (and ...

CAER and GBST launch new ESG tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... Enhanced Responsibility (CAER), the quantitative tool allows funds to apply a responsible investment overlay for Australian equities portfolios, providing a set of 12 environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that super funds and fund managers ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... where there's acknowledged economic weaknesses and calls for reducing interest rates just doesn't make sense." Australian equities may yet have its "sell in May" realised. But back to America. Wall Street 1st of May gain was prompted by a better than ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
In the new edition of Financial Standard we feature a report on Australian equities and profile David Lane, chief executive of Count Financial, as well as all the latest news, views and regular features. Financial Standard's latest edition of the iPadA(R) ...

Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Boutique Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has named Tim Samway new managing director following the decision to establish a private equity business. Samway is currently Hyperion's institutional business director and a founding ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... increased. This has been spurred along by relatively low yields on Australian bonds and attractive valuations on Australian equities, which 64% of managers still believe are undervalued. A-REITs also experienced a surge in positive sentiment with 42% ...