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Pengana delivers AEq returns out of the market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... equity funds as well as absolute return funds, he added. "Many investors and advisers are totally disillusioned with fund managers that are satisfied with outperforming markets even if this results in investors losing money," said Pengana Capital chief ...

Heads roll at Nomura

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... Nomura acknowledged that employees had leaked information on at least three public offerings in 2010 to favored fund managers after a prolonged investigation. In the wake of the departures, potential takeover bids are being reported. "Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi ...

Too many managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Australia has an oversupply of fund managers and the fight to survive will cause many to review their pricing and business models. Brett Himbury, chief executive of IFM, said the funds industry is about to go through a correction as firms confront how ...

Buy-right and equity managers will deliver income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... poor markets given them no investment returns for several years, they also have minimal levels of income. "Most fund managers structure their portfolios around the risks in the index. But are we structuring around the wrong benchmark?" he asked. Donohoe ...

A-REIT concentration raises active mgt questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... available to be exploited. However, the current ownership structure of the sector is such that dedicated A-REIT fund managers have declined in market share and now represent only a minority, with equity fund managers, hedge funds and direct retail investors ...

BetaShares launches BEAR Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... is likely to have broad appeal to market participants ranging from retail, financial advisers, stockbrokers and fund managers with long only mandates. "The practice of shorting individual stocks, for example, can be difficult and expensive for investors ...

Morphic Asset Management opens for business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
New global equities manager, Morphic Asset Management has begun operating with two former Hunter Hall fund managers at the helm. Morphic Asset Management has been established by two former Hunter Hall global equity portfolio managers, Jack Lowenstein ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The focus by fund managers on the 'big end of town' has negatively impacted SMSFs, who have missed out on quality options for alternative returns, according to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them ...

China approves cross-border ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... Kong to celebrate 15 years since the territory was returned to China from British rule. The CSRC has approved two fund managers to create funds tracking Hong Kong indexes. E Fund Management Co. will launch an ETF that tracks the Hang Seng China Enterprises ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... of the fiscal year (for some) is nigh. And what we're witnessing is plain, old-fashioned window dressing - when fund managers dropped the dogs in their equity portfolios in favour of healthier ones. They'll look like heroes to existing and potential ...