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Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... that a typical portfolio may appear to be balanced through its asset allocation, with an example showing 30% Australian equities, 25% international equities and the remaining broken up across international fixed interest, Australian fixed interest, cash ...

QIC funds head departs amid restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... boutique specific capabilities," she added. QIC, which closed its implemented and directly managed large cap Australian equities products in June, currently has eight boutiques including global fixed interest, global infrastructure, global real estate ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... fastest growing asset classes are ethical/SRI, hedge funds, international property, international fixed and Australian equities. The cash weighting across the FUM market has continued to decrease and is now 11.3%, which is down one-third compared to ...

Bennelong absolute return fund earns top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Herschel Absolute Return Fund, established by Burgess in 2006. The Bennelong Kardinia fund is a long/short Australian equities capability with an absolute return focus. "Kardinia's arrangement with Bennelong will elevate the portfolio managers' capabilities ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... yesterday in an upbeat assessment of the local bourse. Dion Hershan, Goldman Sach's managing director and head of Australian equities said the just gone reporting season revealed an economy adjusting to the changing global environment very rapidly and ...

Littler departure puts CFSGAM fund on hold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Martin Littler, the senior portfolio manager of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's core Australian equities team, will retire on September 16. In February this year Littler handed over the leadership of the team to Matthew Reynolds, who ...

Australian funds lead global asset growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... factors that have played a significant role in the growth of Australian assets include the strong performance of Australian equities relative to global equities combined with the home country bias of many Australian investors," said Martin Goss, senior ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... profit margins are very high with a potential downside risk to earnings," said Needham. Needham predicted that Australian equities including dividends would provide less than 3% inflation adjusted over seven years, although it was Australian REITS that ...

AllianceBernstein expands Value Investment team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... commitment to the Australian market and our Australian Value clients and of the value opportunity we see in Australian equities. The team has more dedicated resources now than at any stage since the launch of our first portfolio in 2003," said Roy Maslen ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... share price index futures contract lost 17 points at 4,197, with 19,367 contracts traded. MF Global head of Australian equities Sam Willis said investors were nervous and unsure which way the market would turn ahead Dr Bernanke's speech at a meeting ...