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ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services assigns a three-star rating to the newly-launched ING Alpha Plus Australian Equity Fund. The fund is a long-only active manager that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high-conviction portfolio. "Though the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... denominated assets. "People want to hold stock in a domestic currency which is appreciating," Mr Weston said. "Now that the Aussie dollar is above 90 US cents and looks like it is on its way up to 91 US cents, we are very likely to get some foreign money ...

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... expectations, and an expected gradual decline in volatility currently make Asia one of the best investment hot spots for Aussie investors, said Seres Asset Management. With equities markets around the world now exiting a significant market correction ...

Aussies head to Britain for investments

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
European Union laws that come into effect next year will allow Australian fund managers to invest funds for overseas investors with less admin headaches. It's the new world breaking into the old world. Australian fund managers, many of whom could trace ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Australian equities quantitative fund managers may become far more secretive about their investment strategies as they strive to find different stock market signals to outperform their peers, according to one ratings firm. Justine Gorman, analyst at ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... performance is the preference for domestic equities markets over international exposure. Australian respondents favoured Aussie shares, for instance - a move that helped buffer the funds from the US markets' plunge during the GFC. Another component to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... but it's certainly positive so that could have had a short term impact on what we're seeing," Mr Chatterton said. "The Aussie currency is also in positive territory, so that may be helping us." The Australian dollar was worth 83.62 US cents at 1202 AEST. ...

Dimensional wins $45m Aussie eq mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Dimensional has won a $45 million Australian equities mandate from private health insurer Medibank Private. With over $170 billion in assets under management worldwide and around $20 billion locally, Dimensional will manage the mandate, which targets ...

Aussie shares beat property over the long term

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Australian shares delivered higher returns, after costs and taxes, than residential property over the past two decades, a new report shows. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) commissioned investment firm Russell Investments to measure the performance ...