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Advisers put LPTs back on watchlist

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... from anything to do with high levels of gearing. Their appetite covers for strong, selective stocks - and prudent fund managers - that have so far managed to survive last year's crunch. Westfield for instance, is continuing to draw interest from the ...

Cooper the competition crusader is coming

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... super funds rather than investment managers. "Some of the largest fees in the superannuation system flow to the fund managers themselves - who typically charge 1.5 percentage points of all the funds they manage." Cooper's comments are likely to raise ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
Aviva has appointed five fund managers including Ausbil Dexia, Goldman Sachs JBWere and Perennial Investment Partners to provide eight different models on the firm's separately managed account (SMA). The SMA model manager line-up, which also includes ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... Agricole Asset Management, Investec Asset Management and MFS Investment Management are just three of the multiple new fund managers added to OptiMix's new investment manager line-up. CrA(C)dit Agricole, MFS, Investec, AllianceBernstein and Franklin Templeton ...

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
UK pension funds and fund managers risk falling foul of their regulators if they don't "mandate" the companies they invest in to focus on long-term shareholder value, according to the Walker Review. The review, an independent audit of corporate governance ...

Bennelong fund wins place with Alpha

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Multi-manager Alpha Fund Managers has added a Bennelong Funds Management Australian equities fund to its Alpha Fund Series' multi-manager line-up. Launched in October last year, the Bennelong Australian equities strategy is managed by Bennelong Australian ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds more threatens the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe, warns a key industry association. The Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association is waving ...

RBC Dexia wins HSBC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Survey for the sixth consecutive year (2004 - 2009). RBC Dexia was also ranked the number one service provider by fund managers in Global Custodian's 2008 Global Custody Survey. The firm was also named Global Custody: Client Relationship Manager of the ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... cent of its management company to Man Group in July last year. Man Group's sales and marketing team now provide the fund managers products worldwide. Frank Majors and Greg Hagood, as part of Willis Limited, the world's third largest reinsurance broker ...