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AMP Asian strategy gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... attracting more than $700 million from Japanese retail investors last year and becoming one of the top 10 biggest fund managers in the country. Speaking at the AMP annual general meeting, Craig Dunn, chief executive at the firm, said it is concentrating ...

Super funds could fill resource capital shortfall: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... sector. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto represent more than half the ASX 200 Resources Index. Given this, the report said fund managers might be reluctant to venture outside BHP and Rio Tinto because they're probably trying to dilute their exposure to the ...

Alpha Fund Managers signs Amundi

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Alpha Fund Managers has added Amundi VaR8 Absolute Return Strategy to its multi-manager lineup. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive at Amundi Asset Management Australia, said the VaR8 strategy was launched in 2007 and has more than $60 million in funds ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Fund managers around the country are breathing a big sigh of relief after the government adopts a more common sense approach to the way managed funds are taxed - a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's ...

SunGard lends IT muscle to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... of regulatory change, financial institutions require a broad global footprint," she said, adding that many banks, fund managers and super funds will be looking more to software-as-a-service (SaaS) model as an alternative to their current IT infrastructure. ...

Aurora wins $190m Optimix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... included to the OptiMix Global Share Portfolio, making Aurora the only Australian-owned fund manager of the six global fund managers selected. Calligeris said Optimix chose Aurora because it believes the alpha generation of its EAP strategy is sustainable ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... property securities. Globally, the group oversees $550 billion in FUM, making it one of the world's top 20 largest fund managers. The parent group ING, however, is in the process of separating its banking and insurance businesses, and divesting operations ...

Hermes appoints ex-Fortis chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Hermes Fund Managers has appointed former Fortis Investments chief executive, Ian Manton-Hall, as director, Hermes Fund Managers Australia. Manton-Hall joins Hermes from Fortis Investments (previously ABN Asset Management), where he was CEO, Australia. ...

Fidelity and Perennial top Aus eq review

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Fidelity Investments Australia and Perennial Investment Partners are the only fund managers to receive five star ratings from Standard & Poor's' Australian equities large-cap growth peer group review. The fund managers beat 12 other managers to top ...

Instos switch $100bn mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
More than $100 billion of assets changed hands last year as institutional investors dump poor performing fund managers, re-negotiate fees and exploit asset class-specific opportunities, a new report found. Mercer has released its 2009 Global Manager ...