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Perpetual chief ushers in new era

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... will join Perpetual in June as group executive marketing. Ryan said the group identified new opportunities in Australian equities and income and multi-sector with international equities still under review. "Our core competitive strengths are scale and ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Boutique Australian equities manager Hyperion Asset Management has won a substantial new mandate in what is regarded as a major success for the quality investor. The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) awarded Hyperion a $600 million ...

MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
MTAA Super has restructured its Australian equities portfolio, awarding close to $800 million of new mandates to three separate fund managers. Ankura Capital has secured a $440 million mandate, while Bennelong Funds Management and Colonial First State ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... nearly twice the 0.5 per cent slump markets expected - following a 0.8 per cent slump in the December quarter. Australian equities also ignored Moody's Investors Services downgraded long-term debt of CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ from Aa1 to Aa2 - as they ...

Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... on a weekly basis." Other institutional clients include State Super Financial Services and Suncorp. GSFM's Australian equities partner Tribeca, in which it acquired an equity stake in 2008, now has $1.2 billion in funds under management. In 2010 GSFM ...

Macquarie top mandate catchers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... with 10 new mandates each for the year to December, the study said. Macquarie Group won three mandates in Australian equities, two in international equities, four in property, six in Australian fixed interest, one in international fixed interest and ...

Legg Mason funds plug retiree gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Legg Mason targets retirees with its real income and Australian equities income trust funds, changing from the 'usual' accumulation versus de-accumulation design to better accommodate advisers and their clients. Legg Mason said in their white paper ...

Fund managers fail to make the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Research house van Eyk says Australian Equities fund managers need to lift their game, recommending only 18 of 65 managers in its latest sector review. Just 12 core and six concentrated strategies were able to earn van Eyk's "A" rating in the Australian ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... shares) to private equity investments. In the same quarter it allocated $8.48 billion or 11.6 per cent to Australian equities, $19.9 billion or 27.3 per cent to global equities, and $14.2 billion or 19.5 per cent to debt securities. All percentages exclude ...

BTIM FUM down despite overall growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... cent on the prior year. Contributing positively to the results, BTIM was awarded institutional mandates in Australian equities and fixed income throughout the last twelve months while its focus on the wholesale sector was limited by continued retail ...