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Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... compared with 1.9% for the S&P/ASX 300 Index. In the long-only category, concentrated Australian equity fund SGH20, run by boutique firm SG Hiscock & Company, topped both the three-month and the five-year performance tables. In the three months to July ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... associate, working across metals, steel and building materials and has covered resources, energy and materials for a boutique brokerage firm. "His appointment further demonstrates our commitment to enhancing our soft commodities investment strategies ...

Boutique equities manager wins big Kiwi mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Boutique New Zealand equities manager Devon Funds Management has won a large new mandate from New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Mel Firmin, a spokesman for Devon, said the deal had been made in the last month. He could not confirm reports that the mandate ...

New bond fund targets corporate sector

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Management sees good value in term deposits and the corporate sector after launching its bond fund. The fixed interest boutique, led by chief investment officer, Bill Bovingdon, invests in fixed interest securities, derivatives and cash, including government ...

Bennelong nabs two Herschel managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Rehder have moved across to Bennelong, effective from September 1 and will be majority shareholders in a new Bennelong boutique investment business. The fund will be an Australian equity long short absolute return fund. Prior to Herschel, Burgess founded ...

Perpetual downgraded as FUM redistributed

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Perpetual told Financial Standard on June 23 that while Sevior may not return to his original role he may instead explore new boutique fund options within the Perpetual organisation, upon his anticipated return from long service leave. Matt McKinnon ...

Advisers expect profits to climb 10pc despite FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... plaguing its future. The Macquarie Practice Consulting's 2011 Financial Planning Practices Benchmarking survey of 109 boutique and mid-tier financial planning practices, found that 73% expect 10% higher profits in two years time. Practices with a dealer ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... size of the equities market and returns averaging 9.5% over the last 10 years. But Tony Bates, financial adviser from boutique high net worth advisory firm Bluepoint Consulting told attendees that he had yet to recommend residential property to an SMSF ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... for inflation linked bonds, said a fixed interest manager trying to cash in on the sector. Omega Global Investors, a boutique manager part owned by the Macquarie group, predicts the demand will result in strong price growth for underlying bonds able ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... Capital Management in a $314 million deal that gives it access to a host of new markets. J O Hambro Capital Management is a boutique active equity manager with $10.7 billion in funds under management, which has worked hard to establish itself beyond ...