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Frontier's $97bn FUA in safe hands

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... relative to fixed interest, a little bit underweight in international equities and have a neutral weighting in Australian equities. Over the short term, she said that clients are also putting money in distressed credit opportunities. Commenting on the ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... JP Morgan Chase Bank as their custodian, is AAA-rated by SelectingSuper. According to the researcher, their Australian equities investment option posted an after fees return of -12.8 per cent for the year to June 2008 compared to the market average of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
The Australian equities market was down at midday, following falls on Wall Street on Friday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 32.3 points, or 0.63 per cent to 5103.3, while the broader All Ordinaries was off 27.7 points, or 0.53 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
The Australian equities market was up at noon on the back of financials, property trusts and healthcare, although the utility and gold sectors played laggards. At 1205 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 69.9 points, or 1.38 per cent to 5136.4, while ...

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... invested in developed markets and $1.2 billion in developing markets. Just over $5 billion has been invested in Australian equities and a lower $4.1 billion in fixed interest. A much lower amount of $768 million is in global property and a tiny $41 million ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... boutique said in a statement. Challenger has also made a 27.5 per cent acquisition of WaveStone Capital, an Australian equities hedge fund boutique business headed by ex- Colonial First State head of Australian equities, Ian Harding. The fund manager ...

Perpetual and BT large cap five star; S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Financial Group were both awarded a five star rating from Standard & Poor's for the firms' large cap concentrated Australian equities management ability. The research and ratings firm awarded the rating for each firms talent to select high quality companies ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... flexibility to allow for short sells in its investment portfolio. "CSRF wanted to expand the mandate with our Australian equities managers to allow them the flexibility for some opportunistic shorting, in order to better manage our investment in volatile ...

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... investment update on the corporate super fund's website, the fund's Trustee has restructured its international and Australian equities portfolios to cut costs and level the amount of its risk exposure. ANZ Staff Super axed its mandates to WestLB and ...

Solaris strikes $400m FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Australian equities boutique, Solaris Investment Management hit the $400 million funds under management mark after gaining a number of new clients. The ex-Suncorp team boutique declined to provide details of the new clients and investment mandate amounts ...