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GMO shuts Aus equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Boston-based fund manager GMO has shut down its Australian equities strategy. Despite confirming the closure, the fund manager is giving no further comment at this stage on the rationale behind the decision. Rainmaker research puts funds under management ...

Merlon Capital expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Boutique Australian equities manager, Merlon Capital Partners has appointed Adrian Lemme as portfolio manager/analyst. Lemme will join Merlon Capital Partners (Merlon) in June 2012, taking the investment team to seven. Previously with the Commonwealth ...

Goldman Sachs equities fund awarded AA rating

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Australian Equities Wholesale Fund has received the AA rating in van Eyk's Australian Equities Review 2012. This is the first time van Eyk has awarded the AA rating in Australian equities since 2009. The review considered ...

AGEST signs GBST

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... super fund AGEST has signed technology provider GBST amid the fund's move to focus on after-tax performance of Australian Equities mandates. GBST will deliver after-tax benchmarking and performance management services for six AGEST mandates. The agreement ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Awards, presented in Melbourne. Celebrating the field of ESG-inclusive research conducted by stock-brokers in Australian equities, 24 research papers were submitted from five broking firms across a range of topics including the issues around coal seam ...

Prime Value adds portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... portfolio manager to its ranks, joining its co-chief investment officers. Shih Thin Wong is joining the boutique Australian equities manager with established team Han Lee and Leanne Pan, Prime Value's co-chief investment officers. Prior to this, Wong ...

Instos should weigh up cost of futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... broad Australian equity market. Beyond that however, holding an exchange traded funds (ETF) is cheaper for Australian equities exposure, according to State Street. "While ETFs and futures are not mutually exclusive and compelling arguments can be made ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... manager Industry Funds Management has released a new suite of low carbon / ESG portfolios drawn from indexed Australian equities. The capability, which has attracted a $100 million mandate from HESTA, is centred on tailoring portfolios to meet a client's ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... contracted 29%, "other" assets not including PE, hedge funds and private equity (down 14%), listed property and Australian equities (both down 10%) and international equities (down 9%). Shifting the focus to distribution segments, Rainmaker noted that ...

CIOs see no let up in European debt crisis

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... emerging risk. In terms of the performance of asset classes over 2012, most respondents said they expected Australian equities to perform well, with international equities also showing positive signs. On the other end of the scale, most chief investment ...