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Hedge that made the grade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... BlackRock Investment Management, Select Asset Management, Winton Capital and Man Investments are the only alternatives fund managers from a pool of 19 to receive a 'recommended' or 'highly recommended rating' from Zenith Investment Partners. Only seven ...

Brookvine promotes Gray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... and the UK, Brookvine is well placed to identify and raise capital for a select universe of top-tier alternative fund managers," he said. Gray joins Hall, managing director and chair Kerstin Sallows and chief operating officer, Robert Estcourt on the ...

Vanguard CIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... new skill set to us here in Australia, in the sense that he's being reviewing, researching, working with external fund managers for the most part of a decade, and has been responsible for $US240 billion." According to Bowerman, the funds that the portfolio ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
A group of UK-based pension and fund managers, politicians and unions are urging the UK government and institutional investors to support regulatory reforms that will create a "sustainable" financial system. The statement, which is signed by Treasury ...

ASIC extends short selling ban till March

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... the most common style of hedge funds used for investment mandates. In addition, the latest Rainmaker Roundup found fund managers hold roughly $30 billion in hedge funds. John O'Shaughnessy, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) deputy ...

End 'set and forget' strategy: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... Eyk head of investment research. Instead Douglas suggests financial planners should spend more time assessing if fund managers are able to deal with global and local events and alter their portfolios accordingly. The firm's strategic asset allocation ...

Legalsuper members favour Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... members' heightened interest in Aussie equities reflects similar sentiment across the investment industry, including fund managers and asset consultants. Yesterday, top performing funds management Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor told ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Australian fund managers with an eye on tech stocks dodged the Satyam scandal, with two local fund managers reporting they had no investments in the firm. Fiducian Portfolio Services investment manager, Conrad Burge, said the firm's India Fund did not ...

Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... scenes before we signed up," said Collison. Tyndall's decision to sign up to the UN PRI follows similar moves by fund managers and super funds such as Investors Mutual Limited and First State Super, which became signatories in the fourth quarter of 2008. ...

PIS prepares for tough year

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Professional Investment Services ushers 2009 with a cautious eye on boutiques and a preference for fund managers with good liquidity management as part of its overall investment strategy review. PIS flagged that boutique managers are expected to take ...