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Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... gap is normally around 2 percentage points over the medium to long term. In contrast to strong returns in Australian equities, international equities lost 1.6% in July, but international bonds were up 1.8%. Property meanwhile delivered 0.6%, Australian ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. The mandate is comprised exclusively of Australian equities and has been in existence since 2003. Valued at $1.2 billion, the lost mandate represents around 15% of BlackRock's total ...

Solaris appoints insto inv specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... and responsiveness for institutional clients," he added. Solaris Investment Management is a style neutral, Australian equities funds manager with $4 billion of funds under management.

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... market remains skeptical over its use. Less than 30% of flow this year has gone into the traditionally popular Australian equities broad market cap ETFs, while 40% of flows have gone into an income thematic and 10% have gone to ETFs tracking international ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... tell investors: To "stay long government bonds in Australia". That their "long-term technical buy signal on Australian equities is in effect, but avoid miners and banks... buy into defensives (consumer staples and health care) as well as industrials." ...

GBST Quant and Russell alliance to foster tax-aware investing

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... late August. Russell Investments has designed the After-Tax Survey to let fund managers measure how various Australian Equities portfolios may perform on an after-tax basis. The customisable after-tax benchmarks from GBST Quant - which provides the calculations ...

MLC restructures Australian Share Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... appointments while JCP has been retained to manage a lower risk mandate. Peter Sumner, portfolio manager of Australian Equities at MLC Investment Management said while the fund will have fewer managers, the new combination is expected to provide more ...

MLC CIO steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... joined MLC Investment Management from Schroders and has been instrumental in the management of its global and Australian equities strategies.

Renewed appetite for Aussie stocks

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
According to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review, renewed interest in Australian equities products led to market cap growth of around 4% for the month of July and net new assets of $57 million. While yield remains popular with investors through high dividend ...

Towers Watson expands equities team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Global consultant Towers Watson has expanded its Australian equities manager research team with two new hires. Nick Kelly has been appointed as an investment consultant and Matthew Conacher as an investment research analyst in the Australian equities ...