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Goldman Sachs downgraded but fixed interest pays

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Active Australian fixed interest funds performed well in 2010, according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which upgraded two managers and downgraded one. Aberdeen Australian Fixed Income and Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend were upgraded ...

More defensive products hit marketplace

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... has three investment strategies managed by quant manager Ankura Capital, stock picker Perennial Value, and the Russell Australia High Dividend Shares ETF. RABIF is made up of two managers; Aberdeen Asset Management and Western Asset Management. Meanwhile ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

Lonsec approves high income ETF

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... been given an 'approved' rating by Lonsec. The firm's High Dividend Australian Shares ETF (RDV) is based on a Russell Australia High Dividend Index that favours blue chip companies expected to pay above average dividends with high franking credits. The ...

Russell launches dividend ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... above a broad market mandate in dividends. However, the ETF also has the potential to deliver solid returns. The Russell Australia High Dividend domiciled in Australian dollars returned 40 per cent in the year to April, according to Russell. "[The ETF] ...

Introducing Chris Condon Fin Services

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... investment advisers and assisting clients with their asset allocation decisions. He had previously worked at Frank Russell Australia and as an asset consultant at Towers Perrin in Sydney during 1984 to 1990, according to Rainmaker Information.

Dimensional wins Russell mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Russell Investments has selected Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a 10 per cent mandate within the Russell Australian Shares Fund. Recently released research from Russell Investments reconfirmed that a mild bias to value shares in a core Australian ...

Quant and quals brave the bear

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
Quantitative versus qualitative managers - who's been battered worse amid the global financial crisis? According to two industry experts, both have had their share of joy and pain surviving the second half of 2008. Rohan Walsh, partner and fund manager ...

Nestle shuffles asset allocations

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Corporate fund Nestle Australia Group Superannuation Fund has revised the asset allocations of its conservative and high growth options following a review of its investment structure. Among the changes were a 2 per cent increase in Aussie equity to ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
"Get in early and fast" is the winning formula when it comes to adding star boutique investment managers to a firm's funds, says Russell Investments. Speaking at the 2008 Russell Australasian Investment Summit in Melbourne last week, Jon Eggins, research ...