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S&P places CFS funds on hold

S&P RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... following the uncertainty surrounding the future of 452 Capital. The ratings house has placed the CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Boutique Australian Share Fund and CFS FirstChoice Wholesale Geared Boutique Australian Share Fund 'on hold'. "Our action follows ...

452 Capital mandates at risk

RUTH LIEW AND JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The impending departure of three senior executives from boutique fund manager 452 Capital sent shockwaves through the investment community late yesterday, with super funds heavily exposed to the manager reconsidering their investment mandates. In a ...

Challenger poaches ING portfolio manager for small cap fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Challenger's launch of an Australian small companies fund, its tenth boutique, inadvertently resulted in an ING small cap fund being placed 'on hold' yesterday. The departure of Sinclair Currie, former lead portfolio manager at ING, for Challenger prompted ...

GFC not over, but opportunities abundant: TRG

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Treasury Group boutique fund managers were united in the view that the global financial crisis is not over just yet, but that selective opportunities exist for canny investors, at a briefing with journalists yesterday. "To me, it's just how it plays ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... This amount does not include any reserving for investment underperformance or smoothing. In another thorn in the side of boutique super funds, Mercer said smaller funds should put even more aside. "We also recommend higher percentages for funds with ...

Macq fills gap in mid-tier planning consultancy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Macquarie Practice Consulting is finding more mid-tier planners are seeking advice on how to value their business at a time when the industry is caught in an environment that is switching from the traditional commissions-based model to fee-for-service. ...

Solaris struggles to find local gems

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... by Standard & Poor's. Solaris Investment Management was awarded a mandate by Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstChoice Boutique Australian Share Fund in November last year.

BTIM to expand income boutique

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Gonzalez, chief executive at BTIM, consolidating the firm's cash, credit and fixed interest resources into a single income boutique. BTIM manages more than $3.6 billion in Australian fixed interest, according to Rainmaker.

Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... potential for multi-year expansion driven by a strong corporate investment cycle," Erlanson said. Seres Asset Management is a boutique fund manager specialising in Asian equities, formed through a joint venture with Australian Unity Investments (AUI). ...

INGIM global emerging markets fund under new team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... Poor's Fund Services has placed the ING Global Emerging Markets fund 'on hold' after the fund manager created an internal boutique to manage the funds. Previously a small investment team managed ING Investment Management's (INGIM) global emerging markets ...