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Gasparet leaves Austock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... manager, Silvio Gasparet has left the firm resulting in Standard & Poor's placing a 'hold' rating on the its Australian equities fund. Standard & Poor's previously rated the Austock Australian Equities fund 'three stars'. "Gasparet played a pivotal role ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... management, welcomed Walsh and Sinclair into their fold last April. Under their guidance, the firm's Australian Equities fund generated an excess return of 4.53 per cent against the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index. According to Walsh, the firm's ...

Northward banks on top stocks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
A solid company selection framework forms part of the backbone of Northward Capital's Australian Equities Fund, an offering that is now officially open to the retail sector. Speaking at a breakfast briefing yesterday, Charles Brooks, investment specialist ...

NAB boutique launches retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... fund in the top two Australian equities funds, on risk and return basis, over a three year period. The Australian equities fund is available on MLC's MasterKey Custom platform and is expected to be available on MLC MasterKey in May. Established by former ...

Pengana buys Saltbush

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... 17.5 per cent net between May 2004 and January 2008." The Saltbush Absolute Return Fund is a long short Australian equities fund that began trading in May 2004. The fund uses a bottom up approach to stock selection targeting 20 to 30 long and 10 to 15 ...

Falkiner poised for retail growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
... non-executive director and cornerstone investor at Falkiner. He is also known for setting up boutique Australian equities fund manager 452 Capital in 2002. Negus has invested $10 million into the group's global equities fund, with the potential to increase ...

Low frills, high returns

... benchmark unaware and has quietly toiled away in the sidelines with a relatively ho-hum high conviction Australian equities fund. "We don't do gearing, we don't use derivatives, none of that," said Tim Samway, Hyperion's director in institutional business. ...

Macq launches retail fusion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Riding on the popularity of its Fusion Fund series, Macquarie Financial Products Management has released another version, but this time available to retail investors. The product is open until November 30 and consists of 22 underlying managed funds ...

Volatility fails to dampen super returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... over one year, 24.9 per cent over three years and 20.1 per cent over five years. The best performing Australian equities fund, Skandia's geared blended Australian Shares Fund, delivered 45.8 per cent per annum over three years. Of the individual default ...

NAB establishes new boutique incubator

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
National Australia Bank Group has established a new boutique incubator division, nabInvest, to help expand the company's presence in the boutique space. Garry Mulcahy, who returned from the UK for the position, will be the new division's chief executive. ...