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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 ...

SEC considers limits to private hedge funds investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
The Investment Company Institute in US has come out strongly in support of the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recommendations that individuals investing in hedge funds must have at least A$3.2 million in private investments. "This requirement ...

Emerging markets by numbers: BlackRock

BlackRock Australia tapped into the solid track record of the global BlackRock's Princeton-based quant team when the group launched an emerging markets enhanced fund locally that is modeled on the US version. The BlackRock Global Enhanced Emerging Markets ...

Schroders emerging markets fund praised by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
Zenith has rated the Schroders Global Emerging Markets Fund (SGEMF) recommended while at the same time praising the fund as the best of its kind in the Australian space. SGEMF is a new product offered to Australian retail investors who are looking to ...