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FT snags $200m fixed income mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has been awarded a $200 million Global Aggregate fixed income mandate by Advance Asset Management Limited (Advance) - St. George Group's specialist investment management arm. The mandate will be managed by John Beck, co-director ...

Bennelong's new arm champions boutiques

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Boutique firm Bennelong Funds Management gains serious clout when the two former joint head of equities at ING IM launches the fund's new Australian Equities division. While most fund managers hunker down awaiting the passing of today's bear market ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Historical back-testing can only get you so far - it's time to free investment managers to do what they do best when it comes to harvesting better returns. Brian Parker, investment strategist at MLC Investment Management, said the overriding aim of ...

Qantas Super raises insurance cover

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
The $6.6 billion Qantas Superannuation fund has introduced minimum death cover to its default funds. According to a Qantas Super newsletter, minimum death cover will be provided for funds which are used as the "default" fund under the current Choice ...

Ex-Allianz Global retail head joins S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
Ratings house Standard & Poor's Fund Services has appointed Leanne Milton as its new head of fund research. Milton will report to the head of fund services, Mark Hoven and will assume primary analytical and management responsibility for S&P's Fund Research ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Credit rating agencies are bowing to the pressure of investors, issuers, and underwriters to change their ratings, a new survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA ...

CILSLB reappoints MLCIC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
MLC Implemented Consulting has been appointed by the Construction Industry Long Service Leave Board (CILSLB) to invest their assets and provide ongoing strategic advice. According to MLC, the appointment follows a detailed tender process. The CILSLB ...

Goodbye ACMSF, hello Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The $165 million Anglican Church Master Superannuation Fund (ACMSF) closed its doors last month - prompting the transfer of all members and assets to the $13 billion Sunsuper. According to a statement on the ACMSF website, the fund's Trustee has been ...

Kinloch appoints MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Listed boutique property funds manager MacarthurCook Investment Managers Limited has been appointed investment manager for the new Kinloch Emerging Markets Property Securities Fund based in New Zealand. According to MacarthurCook, the new offering is ...

Aust and HK strengthen retail ties

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Hong Kong and Australian retail fund managers will be able to sell their products to investors in each other's markets following ASIC's signing of a mutual recognition declaration with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). For the first ...