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Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
It appears Australian equities will end the final day of FY2016-17 with an EOFYS (end of financial year sale) gauging from the heavy selling on Wall Street and Europe overnight. The S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... seeking to remove this allocation entirely. From July 1, the LIC will be wholly invested in global listed infrastructure equities. While this change is being made over the next few days, the board will seek formal approval to remove the preferred allocation ...

Pengana partners with UK ESG manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... Hall Australian Value Trust (AVT), which will now be led by Mark Christensen and Chris Tan from Pengana's Australian equities team and be renamed the Pengana Australian Equities Income Fund. The fund's strategy will change as a result, focusing on fundamental ...

Zurich awards two equities mandates

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Zurich Investment Management has awarded two Australian equities mandates following a review of existing arrangements. The mandates will go to Nikko Asset Management and will be managed by Nikko AM head of Australian equities Brad Potter and portfolio ...

Former Fidelity CIO joins Yarra board

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... committee. Michael Gordon served as Fidelity's CIO from 2000 to 2010, after which he became chief investment officer, equities at BNP Paribas Investment Partners. He was then group chief executive of Perpetual Investments. He was also chief investment ...

QIC and Eagle Investment join forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... solutions will support the investment firm's performance functions across all asset classes including: fixed income, equities, global strategies, real estate, private equity, infrastructure investments and derivatives. It will enable QIC to automate ...

Ausbil adds key MicroCap team hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Investment Management and AMP Capital. Ausbil will also welcome Arden Jennings, formerly of Hunter Hall. Jennings joins as an equities analyst in the MicroCap team, bringing more than seven years' experience in financial services. During his time at ...

Currency and managing volatility: Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks: 'How important is currency management in managing volatility in a global equities portfolio?' The poll, sponsored by State Street Global Advisors, addresses currency as one of the key concerns advisers ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... companies that will benefit from disruptive innovation, while also helping to diversify from the traditional Australian equities that often dominates portfolios," Evans & Partners senior research and fund portfolio consultant Raymond Tong said. The responsible ...

Auscap equities fund gets Zenith, Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
An Auscap Australian equities fund was given a "Recommended" rating by both Zenith and Lonsec. The Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund targets value-driven long and short positions in Australian equities. It has returned 24% per annum net of ...