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S&P withdraws Lazard ratings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Select Australian Equity Funds (I and W Classes), Lazard Australian Equity Funds (I and W classes) and Lazard Emerging Markets Fund (I Class). Lazard's senior managing director Robert Prugue said it was an internal decision and stressed that there were ...

Ratings first, platforms second: CAAM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... products: the CAAM VAR8 Absolute Return Fund, CAAM Global Bond Fund, CAAM AI Diversified Fund and CAAM Global Emerging Markets Fund. Borysiewicz expects the rating process to span over two years and said it is a long process because CAAM had to work ...

Four funds crossed off "On Hold" list

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... mandates despite ASIC's shorting ban. S&P removed its "On Hold" ratings for the Advance Global Alpha Fund, BGI Global Markets Fund, BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund, and Colonial First State Equity Income Fund, following a blanket "On Hold" rating ...

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
The Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) Global Emerging Markets fund is bullish on a Russia and Brazil as a result of rising oil prices. Stephane Mauppin-Higashino, CAAM head of product specialist team, said the fund was overweight Brazil and Russia. ...

Vanguard wins $337m ASB mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... certainly fulfils that criteria." ASB also boasts a long-standing relationship with Vanguard via its global emerging markets fund. Vanguard also manages part of ASB's global property through its global property index.

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an emerging markets fund - a unit trust available to Australian investors in local currency that invests in global emerging markets. The fund is denominated in Australian dollars and its objective is to seek ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... quick to point out that SRI is an important area for CAAM as a whole, but not necessarily to this particular emerging markets fund. "It's an interesting problem - do you avoid markets completely as punishment for bad practices, or do you invest in those ...

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... Australian domiciled funds including the Global Bond Fund, Alternative Investment Diversified Fund, Global Emerging Markets Fund and the VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy. CAAM Australia won a $100 million Mercer Investments mandate into the VaR 8 Absolute ...

Principal goes beyond property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Global Investors is set to go beyond its traditional property and income products with the launch of a new emerging markets fund and global equities fund early next year. The global equities fund will be a true first for the company in Australia, but ...

Four international funds added to Zenith recommended list

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
As part of its International Shares Sector Review, Zenith has added four funds to its recommended list from managers Schroders, Platinum and Acadian. The review named 29 recommended funds, including the four new additions of the Schroders Global Active ...