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AMIST backs after-tax benchmarking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... superannuation is simply a tax-advantaged way of investing. Livanas said this process would allow its Australian equities fund managers to assess their performance against the tax aware benchmark and see how their investment decisions affect tax. But ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... institutional investors. Howitt does not manage any Australian-domiciled funds or mandates. The Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, managed by Taylor, has $1.45 billion in assets and returned 43.38 per cent in the year to 31 December. This is above the ...

BNP Paribas merges with Fortis IM Aust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... funds management expertise in Australian Equities and Global Real Estate. Fortis Investment Partners, the Australian equities fund manager currently 40 per cent owned by Fortis Investment Management Australia, will become one of the 26 specialist partners ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... this provides significant momentum for our business," said Gardner. Standard & Poor's also upgraded the Australian equities fund from 'two stars' to 'three stars' and Morningstar upgraded its rating on the fund from 'on hold' to 'investment grade'. The ...

Solaris wins CFS mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Solaris Investment Management has been awarded a mandate by Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstChoice Boutique Australian Share Fund. The mandate takes Solaris's funds under management to $3.4 billion since inception in January 2008. Denis Donohue, managing ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... benchmarks and returns for each individual fund manager, and providing feedback," said Fowler. Half of HESTA's Australian equities fund manager line-up began working with the new system on 1 July, with the rest expected to phase in the new system in ...

MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... private equity and hedge fund strategies. Meanwhile MAP Super had also added Bennelong Funds Management's Australian Equities Fund into its multi manager portfolio and Australian equities fund-of-fund proposition, the MAP Australian Equity Fund. The ...

S&P withdraws six ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... Investors funds at the request of fund managers. The ratings firm withdrew the 'four stars' rating on the MIR Australian Equities Fund Class A, an Australian equities large cap fund and the 'three stars' rating on the Legg Mason Tactical Asset Allocation ...

Integrity wins $190m United mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... noted the fund manager. UFM also noted that the new mandate will see less volatility impact the United Australian Equities Fund.

Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index lost over 10 per cent over a year to July. But the devil is ...