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Neilson loosens reins at Platinum

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Platinum International has restructured with founder Kerr Neilson loosening the reins to let team members Jacob Mitchell and Andrew Clifford lend a hand in managing the flagship global equity fund. The fund had $16.2 billion in assets as at December ...

Ratings houses silent on Japan fund fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Research houses Morningstar, Lonsec and Standard and Poor's say it is too early to tell what the fallout from the Japan earthquake disaster will be on the superannuation industry. Financial markets have been roiled, affecting super fund investments. ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... equity mandates, Rexiter and TAAM, worth $184.98 million and $165.97 million respectively. The $426 million Platinum Japan Fund, returned 15.12 per cent for the last three months of 2010, 5.01 per cent over three years and -2.29 over five years. BlackRock's ...

European and Japanese funds on the outer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... consisting of a wholesale and retail version of the European and Japanese share fund. The Fidelity Europe Fund and Fidelity Japan Fund were withdrawn and not rated in the latest sector review. Both funds were previously rated 'three stars' by the firm ...

Corp bonds dominate UK sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Corporate bond funds remain the most popular products among UK investors, with the asset class making up a quarter of the sales on the Cofunds platform in May. The latest figures from the UK-based investment platform found the top three selling funds ...

Netwealth drops 13 funds from menu

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... funds, three Becton Australian property funds, a Multiplex international equities fund and Invesco's wholesale Asia Ex-Japan fund were also dropped from the menu.

Japan wins for local instos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Japanese economy may be in recession but that hasn't stopped local investors with assets allocated to astute Japan fund managers from making money, or at least preserving much of their capital, based on latest Rainmaker research. According to Rainmaker ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Finalist Macquarie Commodity Alpha SPC Best Long Short & Absolute Return Fund Winner Mathews Sabre Fund Finalist H3 Japan Fund Finalist Portfolio Partners High Growth Shares Trust Best Market Neutral Fund Winner Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund Finalist ...

Three stars for Japan

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has rated both the Perennial Wholesale Japan trust and the Fidelity Japan fund with three stars. The Perennial fund is a benchmark unaware high-conviction portfolio. Commenting on fund, S&P fund analyst Miles Collins ...

Japanese property a hit with Aussie investors

... in the region, the Global Fund II has so far bought 13 office, retail and residential properties and, finally, this Japan fund has already acquired 13 residential and office properties. "The outlook for the property market in Japan remains strong on ...