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IOOF increases fund options by a dozen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
IOOF has added a dozen new managed funds to its investment platforms in order to give advisers greater flexibility and more options for clients. Senior research manager, Paul O'Connor, said the addition of 12 new funds was part of the regular review ...

Russell best ideas fund recommended by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... of best ideas, recommended on the back of its "sound and logical rationale". The Russell fund compiles a concentrated portfolio of just 20 stocks. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched in 2006 to harvest the best stock picks from the flagship Russell ...

Ignore global benchmarks: Aberdeen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... down perspective it made more sense to ignore regional market cap, but for picking the best value in his concentrated portfolio highly focused bottom-up stock picking combined with standardized global research methodologies was the best approach. "We ...

T. Rowe Price expands European equity team

T.Rowe Price has appointed a specialist European equity portfolio manager as part of further developing its pan-European and European ex-UK equity portfolios for institutional and third party clients. Niall Gallagher joins the T. Rowe Price team from ...

Russell Select scores $400m mandate

It's alpha-hunting in bulk after super fund Unisuper filled the entire institutional capacity of investment manager Russell's Select Holdings fund with a $400 million investment mandate. Select Holdings is a global investment product that Russell recently ...

High conviction means making tough decisions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... and chief investment officer of Platypus Asset Management, said being high conviction was about holding a concentrated portfolio, not staying with companies regardless of the evidence or irrespective of changing circumstances. Williams said this meant ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

Financial advisers looking for a global equities fund with a twist should look no further than Schroders Global Active Value, a fund that invests in shares outside the traditional global benchmark MSCI World Index. Schroders chief executive, Greg Cooper ...

Russell opens 'best ideas' fund to retail investors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... Essentially Russell compiles the most heavily backed stock ideas across their stable of managers into a concentrated portfolio. Now retail investors are able to buy into the strategy with Russell allocating $100 million of capacity for retail clients. ...

High conviction alpha drives Alleron skyward

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
High conviction concentrated portfolio builds are working a treat for Alleron Investment Management and after just 20 months they are pushing $350 million. Barry Littler, chief executive, said, "We are large cap, concentrated, tightly focused and we ...

Shrinking portfolios add risk

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... he said. "The manager is looking to invest only in the best stock opportunities from the original, less concentrated portfolio." "However, it does not follow directly that this will deliver higher returns for investors. They are likely to get higher ...