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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 ...

Emerging markets can't stand alone

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
In the past emerging markets represented a free meal ticket if investors could stomach the volatility, said Pedro MarASal, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Nicholas-Applegate. Those days were gone, he said, and managers with a specific ...

Pimco plans absolute return fixed interest fund

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... years, and put them in a diversified stream." Using the Lehmann Brothers Global Aggregate, Pimco's existing Extended Markets Fund also looks at higher yielding credit in emerging markets and higher yield corporate bonds, and can purchase B3/B and maintains ...

Fund managers tentative on global outlook

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
... Manager Outlook survey. According to the Russell survey, as volatility has worsened in Australian and offshore equities markets fund managers have become less sure-footed. Despite this, Russell has implored investors to maintain their positions and focus ...

Follow the golden BRIC road: S&P

Ratings agency S&P predicts a fresh wave of specialist emerging markets funds - particularly dedicated BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) country funds - over the next few years aimed at capturing the strong investment growth in those economies. ...

Lloyd George draws $66 million Funds SA mandate

... fund is in addition to current Lloyd George Management feeder funds. These allow investors to access the LG Emerging Markets Fund and the LG Asian Smaller Companies Fund. In the past nine months the funds have returned +51.6% and +45.5% (to 31 January) ...

Standard & Poor's rates Aberdeen and Colonial First State

... securities fund. The ASSIRT rating on Aberdeen's funds include the Aberdeen China Opportunities fund, Aberdeen Emerging Markets fund and Aberdeen Asian Opportunities fund. The ratings reflect Aberdeen's stable team, process and performance achieved in ...

Equity Trustees RE for Lloyd George Management

... emerging economies' stock markets. Two funds will be set up by EQT in its role as RE for LGM. They are the LG Emerging Markets Fund and the LG Asian Smaller Companies Fund. The LG Emerging Markets Fund is aimed at producing long-term capital growth offering ...