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State Street adds to ETF stable

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... growth and returns. "The new SPDR funds will offer more precise exposure to two of the market's dominant segments, while small caps are an acknowledged growth sector," said Rob Goodlad, senior managing director, SSgA, Australia. State Street currently ...

Aust Unity boutiques cautious on year ahead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... agreed, but said that he is concerned about the high risk appetite and the effect in the four areas of commodities; small caps; emerging markets; and the Australian dollar. "How China deals with its overheating economy and its continued need for strong ...

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 ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... competitive edge and a thorough understanding of the markets, hence the shortage of top-rated funds in this category. "Small caps have significantly outperformed over the last 18 months, a lot of strategies are overweight small caps and while a lot claim ...

Better boring than bubble

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... before backing more stocks. "In terms of the question of where do you see opportunities, the greatest opportunity in small caps are the relatively dull, boring, cash generative, sleep-at-night and 'pay dividends' businesses which the market hasn't been ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
One way investors can make better returns through their emerging markets mandates is by refining them down to the small caps sector, say experts. Investors should by now be familiar with the anticipated shift of emerging market economies, as they mature ...

Former 452 Capital equities dealer joins Perpetual

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... Investments has appointed former 452 Capital equities dealer, Nathan Parkin, as an equities analyst and member of its small caps team, led by Jack Collopy. Parkin rejoins Perpetual after seven years at 452 Capital covering industrials, financials and ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... this year. Alleron Investment Management, Ausbil Dexia, BT Investment Management, Northcape, Schroders and the Advance Small Caps Multi-Blend make up the firm's Australian multi manager portfolio. AQR, MFS, Lazard Asset Management, Schroders, Trilogy ...

AMP hires senior portfolio

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... experience in investment management including responsibility for the management of multi-manager global equities and global small caps. His experience includes global equity strategy formulation, manager selection and portfolio construction. From 2001 ...

AustralianSuper pours $200m into Northcape Capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... for the global economy means we expect to see continued Australian company earnings growth in 2010/11 and beyond. "Small caps have generally outperformed large caps in rising equity markets and valuations remain reasonable, particularly on normalised ...