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Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... come back down, your clients can make a 5-10 per cent gain quite easily based on currency if it is an unhedged international fund," said Bineham. Bineham also said some of his own clients having bought up US dollars in preparation for travel or simply ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... more market segment," said Mowll. The name change will take effect next month. HFA Asset Management is the international fund manager holding of HFA Holdings, which owns part of Lighthouse Partners. HFA Holdings' local share price fell more than 7 per ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... uncertainty in the world." This follows Advance's annual strategic review, which resulted in a new Australian and international fund manager line-up earlier this year. Alleron Investment Management, Ausbil Dexia, BT Investment Management, Northcape ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... manages more than $17 billion in client funds spread across a number of strategies including the firm's flagship International Fund, which holds more than $9 billion in funds under management (FUM), according to Rainmaker. Investment Trends research ...

S&P places AMP responsible funds 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... Leaders (RIL) fund 'on hold' due to concerns with high staff turnover. This means the RIL Australian fund, RIL International fund, and RIL Balanced fund have been placed 'on hold'. The AMP RIL Balanced and AMP RIL International were previously rated ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
A coalition of international fund managers, pension funds and super funds representing more than $1.7 trillion have written to 21 major companies urging them to improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies ...

Lonsec names top global equities funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
T.Rowe Price Global Equity fund, Templeton Global Equities fund and Goldman Sachs JBWere International fund are among seven funds that received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec's global equity review. Lonsec's 2009-10 Large Cap Global Equity ...

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... shareholders far more seriously. Lindsay Tomlinson, chair at the National Association of Pension Funds, said local and international fund managers should publicise how they monitor companies they invest in to improve corporate governance in listed firms. ...

Health Super reviews intl equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... focusing on high conviction strategies. Chris Clausen, chief executive at Health Super, said the fund reviewed its international fund manager portfolio in May and made changes in the December quarter last year. He said the super fund changed four of ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum in their top three preferred international fund managers in 2008. This figure rose to 65 per cent in 2009. The second most popular international equities fund manager in 2009 ...