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Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... for Aspect Diversified Futures, giving it a 'Recommended' designation and Colonial First State's FirstChoice Australian Small Companies and Fixed Income strategies, evaluating both at "investment grade".

New ETFs hit booming market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Yield Index of 63 stocks. It has yearly management costs of 0.25 per cent. It also launched the Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index, which follows the benchmark MSCI Australian Shares Small Cap Index of 193 stocks. Management fees are 0.30 ...

Ex UBS managers resurface for Bennelong small caps fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... Management has joined forces with former UBS portfolio managers John Campbell and Jeremy Bendeich to launch an Australian small caps fund. Campbell and Bendeich, who have been on gardening leave since departing the UBS Small Companies Fund on April 4 ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Fund, was placed on "hold", the second lowest rating. In other ratings news, Standard & Poor's has kept the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund on hold after it appointed a new manager to the fund, replacing two members of the three-man team who suddenly ...

UBS lost fund finds a manager

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... appointment would strengthen the intrinsic-value fund. "UBS is strongly committed to having a well-resourced Australian Small Companies team," he said. "Victor's appointment goes a long way to strengthening the team and his experience will broaden our ...

Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... which will track all sections of the Australian share market, on the ASX at the end of May. The new funds include Australian small and large companies and a high-yield Australian shares product, taking Vanguard's stable of ETFs trading on the ASX to ...

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... the fund's incentive structures. According to Morningstar, UBS had $402.9 million in funds under management in Australian small cap assets as at December 31, including money outsourced from AMP Capital.

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Standard and Poor's yesterday because of experienced management. The boutique firm says on its website that its Australian small cap equities model portfolio will aim to hold from 30 to 50 positions with a central core of 20 stocks. Rodney Lay, director ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... members of its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the uncertainty of the situation, fund services analyst James Gunn said today. Morningstar ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... 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 client directly. ...