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Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... defensive investment portfolio, providing it holds the right assets, according to Ashton Reid, portfolio manager of Legg Mason's Real Income Fund. Retirement income products are a hot topic in both the retail and institutional space as Australia's quickly ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Fund manager Western Asset Management, owned by legg mason, has appointed experienced portfolio manager Damon Shinnick to its Australian fixed income team. Shinnick joins as a portfolio manager and senior credit analyst focusing on the Australian and ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader Richard Morecroft, brought together more ...

New mandate flows increasing but more cash lies in wait

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Implemented Consulting at $4.78 billion. The most successful winners of Australian equities mandates were Hyperion, Legg Mason and Perpetual with six mandates each. Financial Standard is part of the Rainmaker Group.

Bennelong appoints distribution specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... management veteran Roger Phipps to join its distribution team, based in Melbourne. Phipps, formerly of MAB Funds Management, Legg Mason Asset Management and HSBC Asset Management, joins as a director, working alongside Adam Tweedale and Tim Bolger. Bennelong ...

Legg Mason funds plug retiree gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Legg Mason targets retirees with its real income and Australian equities income trust funds, changing from the 'usual' accumulation versus de-accumulation design to better accommodate advisers and their clients. Legg Mason said in their white paper ...

Selection the key as mining stocks surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... moment," he added. AMP has trimmed its exposure to energy stocks in recent weeks amid concerns over soaring oil prices. Legg Mason's $200 million Australian Value Equity Trust fund is 6 per cent underweight on resources, including energy and mining but ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... two best performing large-cap funds were growth funds: Hyperion Australian Growth Companies, rising 4.91 per cent and Legg Mason Australian Core Equity, up 4.88 per cent, the report said. Only one of 103 large-cap domestic share funds posted a loss in ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Shares - Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund - Class C, Grant Samuel Tribeca Alpha Plus Units, Schroder Australian Equity Fund and Legg Mason Australian Small Companies Trust "The fees negotiated with each fund manager means that we can pass these savings onto the ...

IOOF awards Legg Mason $100m small caps mandate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
IOOF has given Legg Mason a $100 million Australian small companies mandate after consolidating its United Funds Management and MultiMix assets into a single portfolio. Dan Farmer of IOOF said what appealed to them was Legg Mason's stable and experienced ...