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Aviva takes over Henderson property fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Aviva Investors will manage the Henderson International Property Fund portfolio, which includes Australian assets, after being named investment manager and authorised corporate director of the fund. The arrangements kick in 2 August. In a press statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open the week moderately higher, after it received positive leads from major world markets on Friday. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was eight points higher ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Local Asian equities fund managers looking to win mandates should pay the $150 billion Temasek Holdings another visit, after the sovereign fund flagged plans to boost its Asian portfolios, according to its annual performance report released yesterday. ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Shareholders in listed investment company (LIC), India Equities Fund, have voted to return capital to investors - highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed ...

AAS, Pillar and Superpartners brace for SuperStream

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Three of Australia's largest fund administrators - AAS, Pillar Administration and Superpartners - have formed an affiliation that will take on board the recommendations from the Cooper Review to improve super fund back office efficiencies. The Superannuation ...

Omega wins Medibank and Telstra Super mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has won a $50 million mandate from Medibank and a second from Telstra Super for an undisclosed sum. The $50 million from Medibank will be invested in a global bonds mandate. Medibank treasurer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was down at noon after briefly entering green territory earlier in the day. The falls come despite a rebound on Wall Street and on major world markets overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 23.2 ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Telstra Super has launched a "Defensive Growth" investment option for members whose risk appetite may have lessened in the medium term, but want to participate in capital growth through growth assets. The option was launched on 1 July. The objective ...

Don't bank on broad themes: BTIM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
Investors can't rely on broad themed-based strategies and should focus on picking the best stocks, according to one of the largest fund managers in Australia. Crispin Murray, head of equity strategies at BT Investment Management (BTIM), said the fund ...