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MTAA awards triple equities mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Australian equities and $806 million, 13 per cent, in international equities. The fund restructured its line up of international equity managers in 2010. AQR now manages $200 million, MFS has $85 million, PanAgora looks after $200 million and a further ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Nine large cap funds made the highest rating of "highly recommended" in the review, including the Aberdeen International Equity Fund which was upped from recommended. Only one quantitative fund made the top grade, which was Arrowstreet Global Equity ...

AUSCOAL adds Copper Rock and Putnam

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... small cap market, and is expecting significant alpha generation while also minimising and diversifying the international equity sector's risks.' AUSCOAL also appointed large global bonds manager, The Putnam Advisory Company, a global fixed interest manager ...

Small Companies fund bags three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... smaller capitalisation securities listed on the ASX. It is 100% invested in Australian equities. Pre Select International Equity Fund, which MLC also took under its wing in July 2010, remains on hold until a review is completed. MLC Investment Management ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... international strategy Nick Griffin believes that a maturing economic recovery will fuel earnings growth and higher international equity prices in 2011. Griffin said that equity valuations remain compelling, in both absolute terms and relative to other ...

Insync hires senior portfolio manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... head of research and portfolio manager at Seilern Investment Management in London, Bob Desmond, has joined international equity fund manager, Insync Funds Management as senior portfolio manager. Desmond raises the investment team numbers to four, as ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Major international equity markets have had a rough ride in 2010 but most generally ended with positive performances. International equities, as measured by the MSCI World Index (in local currency terms), produced a 7.8 per cent gain in 2010. A summer ...

Asset Super awards mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... of the investments into the Schroders and DFA pooled trusts. Asset has also reduced its hedging ratio on international equity portfolios from 40 per cent to 35 per cent based on the current exchange levels of the Australian dollar relative to the US ...

FuturePlus seeks more alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... volatility so it's a little bit more conservative. "And global real estate, even though it's technically a listed international equity and sits in the sector, it's [technically] real property," he said. Block pointed out EISS, for instance, is heavily ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
International equity markets' reaction to the weekend's G-20 gabfest was to be expected. They were up a little. They were down a little. Like I wrote on this space yesterday, there was something for everyone - depending on which paragraph of the G-20 ...