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MAB FM bolsters team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... brings a wealth of experience to the MAB FM business, including eight years as vice president business development with Legg Mason Asset Management and nine years at HSBC Asset Management as senior executive managed funds. MAB FM also announced the appointment ...

Legg Mason expands sales in NSW

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
Legg Mason Asset Management has appointed a new Sydney based business development manager to drive sales in New South Wales. Mary Curtin brings extensive industry experience to Legg Mason, previously working with Allianz Global Investors, Principal ...

Legg Mason FOHF rated four stars

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Legg Mason's fund of hedge funds product the Legg Mason Permal Investment Holdings Trust has been awarded a four star rating from Standard & Poor's (S&P). S&P fund analyst, Lee Comper, said the rating was awarded on the back of a stable and highly experienced ...

BT partners to cut platform costs

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... Challenger, Colonial First State, Deutsche Asset Management, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton Investments, Lazard, Legg Mason, Portfolio Partners, T.Rowe Price, Tyndall and, Zurich.

Dig deeper to find value in hedge funds: Permal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... from Sydney, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York and London. The group was founded in 1973 and was bought in 2005 by Legg Mason. Permal Group currently manages around US$25 billion in assets.

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial First State, Challenger, Legg Mason, Perpetual, Principal, Perennial, RREEF and SG Hiscock participated in MIA's sector review into active property securities ...

Catholic Super overhauls property mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
... international listed property managers are Invesco and AMP, each with $36 million. Both mandates are fully hedged." Legg Mason and Renaissance each manage mandates in a similar vicinity to the new international mandates, taking the total listed property ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

Perennial Investment Partners is re-evaluating its global fixed income strategy with its five year contract with Legg Mason owned overseas manager Western Asset Management (WAM) ending today. A lot of things can happen in five years. In WAM's case ...

Legg Mason launches US equities fund Down Under

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
Legg Mason has launched a new value oriented US equities fund for Australian wholesale investors. Legg Mason Capital Management, the value investing subsidiary of Legg Mason Inc, will manage the Legg Mason US Value Trust along with the US$61 billion ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

... Group (number 375) was the fastest growing local fund manager after it bought HSBC Asset Management (Australia) and Legg Mason shot from number 37 to number 11 after it was acquired by Citigroup. Aberdeen Asset Management grew 169 per cent after it bought ...