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Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... general manager regulated fiduciary services Rupert Smoker. "Clearly, Australia remains a desirable target for international fund managers and we are seeing continued demand from a range of offshore asset managers. "However, we are also seeing more and ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... under management increased to $26.8 billion from $22.9 billion in 2014. Platinum's flagship fund, the Platinum International Fund (PIF) delivered returns of 21.8% for the year to 31 July 2015, underperforming the MSCI All Country World Net Index, which ...

Former Mercer partner joins Cooper Investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Melbourne-based Cooper Investors has confirmed that Steve Schubert joined the company in April as chief operating officer. Cooper Investors managing director, Peter Cooper, said the appointment of Schubert "is the final link in creating a long term ...

Pengana partners with queen of small caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Asset Management where she was head of the international equities team and lead portfolio manager of the Acorn International Fund. The fund will have an initial capacity of US$500 million ($633 million) and will be run unhedged in Australian dollars. ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... everything we do." During more than 14 years at Platinum Mitchell was a portfolio manager of the flagship Platinum International Fund. He also had responsibility for the Platinum Unhedged Fund (Jan 07 to May 14), achieving 6% per annum outperformance ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Appetite for overseas assets has increased by 3% over the last nine months over concerns that the Australian economy will not record healthy growth in the next year, a Certitude Global Investment survey has found. The Certitude Global Investment Intentions ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Zenith has given recommended ratings to the Perpetual Wholesale International Fund and to the AMP Capital Australian Property Fund (APF). The Perpetual Wholesale International Fund has retained Zenith's recommended rating following a change of the fund's ...

Platinum reshuffles management after deputy CIO departure

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... instead "taking some time off." Managing director Kerr Neilson currently has 70% responsibility for the Platinum International Fund while chief investment officer Andrew Clifford and Mitchell control 15% each. As a result of Mitchell's departure the ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... be funds management player in the Asia region, government has to decide whether it's policy on how it treats international fund managers is targeted at minimising tax leakage or exporting services, growing the number of high paid jobs and lifting overall ...