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Gunning appointed Global CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Peter Gunning has been promoted to global chief investment officer at Russell Investment Group. Gunning, who has been with the group for 12 years, replaces Tom Hanly who moves to chief operating officer at Russell Investment Group. No replacement chief ...

Power up on low emission stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... sound low-emission utility stocks represent good value following stock market corrections, according to Bakers Investment Group. Jeremy Baker, joint-managing director at Bakers Investment Group, said the company's AltexRed Index, which measures low emission ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
When politics meets the economics of fighting inflation, people have a habit of making big statements that can sound alarmist. Causing the jitters is that the Reserve Bank Board is meeting today and by 2.30 pm we'll know if they've decided to raise ...

Alt energy funds ready for 2030

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... side, now is the time we'll find some good value in that area," Ross Paul, chief investment officer at Bakers Investment Group, said. "A lot of research papers are coming out about the demand for energy by 2030 and the big shifts are going to happen ...

Russell managing director leaves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group's institutional investment services managing director, Stephen Roberts, has announced his departure from the firm in February. Alan Schoenheimer, Australasian managing director at Russell Investment Group, said the firm was ...

Macq wrap adds 12 more funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... bringing the total number of funds to approximately 640. Of significant note is the addition of seven Russell Investment Group funds, including the new Russell High Growth Fund and six others that were added to the Macquarie Accumulator menus. Last month ...

Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Plato Investment Group's 130/30 Australian Share Fund has been granted a 15 per cent weighting on Russell Investment Group Australian Opportunities Fund. The Australian Shares 130/30 Fund endeavors to achieve five per cent gross out performance each ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Others like to approach the BRIC debate differently. Scott Donald, director of capital markets research at Russell Investment Group, said it could be counter-productive to reject countries that have questionable practices. "By engaging in those organisations ...

Russell rejigs international funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
Russell Investment Group has reorganised its international equities exposure, replacing Jacobs Levy and Altrinsic with ClariVest Asset Management and adding Harris Associates to its list of fund managers. Founded in March 2006, ClariVest's investment ...

MM over-diversification a myth: Russell

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... But many managers will never make up for choosing bad managers," said Jon Eggins, research associate at Russell Investment Group. This means you should be wary of "myths" about how having too many managers over-diversifies your portfolio, he said. "What ...