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Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
Investec has purchased a 20% stake in Equitise, an equity crowdfunding business. Created in 2014, Equitise has been a forerunner in the Australian equities crowdfunding sector, working alongside regulatory shifts to accommodate this new form of investment. ...

Centric Wealth adds Vinva to Australian equity portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
Wealth management firm Centric Wealth has added Vinva Investment Management to manage $100 million of its Australian Equities portfolio through the launch of the Australian Equities Extension Fund. The fund invests all of its assets in the Vinva Australian ...

Investors looking backwards: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Australian investors are biased towards local shares and looking backwards, according to Mercer, which released its investment report ranking the best performing fund managers and sector results. The Australian sharemarket fell 11% in 2011, with Mercer ...

Alpha adds BlackRock and QIC strategies

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
Alpha Fund Managers has invested in BlackRock's Australian equitised long short strategy, adding the manager to its Australian blue chip fund. Boutique multi-manager Alpha has bought into the long short strategy, which outperformed the S&P/ASX200 index ...

Brookvine to drive BCS equities distribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
Boutique fund manager BCS Capital has teamed up with Brookvine to offer institutional investors a "new profit drivers approach" to Australian equities. BCS launched four products to the market six months ago, featuring two long only strategies, a long ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... on-market transactions. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF has 20,000 direct investors. It is used by institutional clients to equitise cash, for short term transitions or to mitigate benchmark risk without having to use futures. Self-managed superannuation funds ...

REIT review shows signs of stability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... related issues. This comes after the global financial crisis highlighted flaws in the sector, which forced the sector to re-equitise. As a result, the sector has adopted a more conservative approach; relying less on equity-like cash flow and placing ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... style managers," said Dwyer. According to Dwyer, the transition was performed by Citigroup. "The decision of the fund to equitise with futures the cash component of its applications into the new managers also added significant value as markets rebounded ...

GMO expands Aus equities team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Global investment management giant GMO has added three senior investment professionals to its Sydney-based Australian Equities team. Geoff Wells, Mark Thompson and Bradley Grehan will bring a combined 40 years of experience to the GMO Australian Equities ...

QIC invests in UK pure alpha fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
QIC has awarded a $250 million mandate to UK-based asset manager Henderson Global Investors' Global Equity multi-strategy fund. The fund is a pure alpha strategy using fundamental, liquidity, relative value and event driven strategies, with a yearly ...