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Solaris rated 'highly recommended'

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Solaris Investment Management has received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec for its Core Australian Equity Fund and the High Alpha Australian Equity Fund. This is the second consecutive year the fund's Core strategy has received Lonsec's highest ...

Staff upheaval at BTIM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Two senior portfolio managers are set to leave BT Investment Management (BTIM), it was revealed last week. Scott Osborne, who manages two income strategies, will leave the fund manager while Jack Chemello, who co-manages three Australian equity funds ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... Fidelity Australia nearly doubled its FUM over the past year, off the back of the strong performance of its Australian Equity Fund and other products. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 2010, Fidelity's domestically sourced FUM grew ...

Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... [our] funds are finding it hard to find alpha," he said. The fund manager's suite includes the Solaris Core Australian Equity fund and Solaris High Alpha Australian Equity fund. As a result of the US and Europe's influence, the fund manager's flagship ...

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 ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... iron ore and coal [companies]," said Clayton. According to Acadian's fund update in May, its Wholesale Australian Equity Fund has a 25 per cent exposure to the materials sector.

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... ratings downgrades, one new rating and two ratings affirmed. The Colonial First State Acadian Wholesale Australian Equity fund received the highest rating of 'four stars'. "This year, S&P was not overly impressed with the quantitative peer group," said ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Australian equity fund managers are still finding well-valued stocks despite the local market moving sideways in the past six months. The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index returned more than 35 per cent in the year to January. But the same index traded ...

S&P backs Schroders team after departure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Standard & Poor's has maintained its four-star rating on the Schroders Australian Equity fund following the resignation of senior portfolio manager Randal Jenneke. Jenneke worked at Schroders Investment Management Australia for nine years but resigned ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Prior to that, he worked at Macquarie Investment Management as senior portfolio manager of a style-neutral Australian equity fund. In a statement referring to the appointment, GMO did not disclose the reasons why Suvak has left the role. GMO's Australian ...