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Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Staff churn affected one-quarter of Australian small cap managers. This at a time when the sector notably underperformed could help drive down the ratings of 25 per cent of all S&P rated managers. In its latest sector update released today S&P found ...

Cash becomes king with inflation on the up

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Yesterday's higher than expected Producer Price Index (PPI) has the market and some economists apprehensive about what tomorrow's Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures will signal for inflation, but it drives up the value of cash for fund managers. The ...

Perennial Real Estate scores mandate and moves past $1.5bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Perennial Real Estate Investments has scored a global property securities mandate from Australian Primary Superannuation while announcing a milestone achievement of $1.5 billion in funds under management. Anthony Patterson, managing director of Perennial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher on the strong cue from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 96 points at 5011 at 0736 AEST. Today, the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton will release ...

JANA to manage $465 million transition for ASG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Jana Investment Advisers has been appointed by the Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) to advise on transitioning $465 million of funds from fixed interest investments to a balanced fund allocation. The appointment of JANA is a key part of ASG's strategic ...

Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
Competent is a long way from professional, professional is not something that should be prescribed by the regulators and, as an industry, we've had our focus all wrong, according to Financial Services Educators Agency Australia (FSEAA) general manager ...

Emerging markets more attractive than ever: Templeton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
Emerging markets volatility is a "healthy correction" and not an indicator of underlying problems, according to Templeton Asset Management, with the fundamentals of the sector continuing to strengthen. A part of Franklin Templeton Investments, Templeton ...

Avant appoints director for S&S reporting system

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
Avant Solutions has appointed a former BT head of distribution to fill the role of director for the Brisbane based adviser solution group. Shane Hancock, formerly BT Financial Group's head of distribution superannuation solutions, will take on responsibility ...

UBS narrows the infrastructure horizon

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
UBS Australia is offering retail and institutional investors what it calls a "tightly defined" listed infrastructure fund, largely limiting stock selection to three major sectors. The UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund, launched in May this year ...

Lazard scores $116m in QIC mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
QIC has appointed Lazard Asset Management to manage a $59.7 million Japanese equities mandate and a $57.6 million global equities mandate for the QIC International Equity Fund. The decision to replace current Japanese manager New Star with Lazard came ...