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ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... of the Australian sharemarket over recent months," said Altair Asset Management chief economist Stephen Roberts. William Blair's chief economist, Olga Bitel, was also filled with optimism, saying that "Australia was beating its OECD peers in capitalising ...

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
SQM Research has given a William Blair fund a "superior" rating. The William Blair Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund has been awarded 4.25 stars from SQM because of its "effective blend of quantitative methods," which SQM's statement said were "grounded ...

William Blair earns Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
The William Blair Emerging Markets Leaders Fund has received its first rating by research house Lonsec. Lonsec said the fund's strengths include "the manager's history of managing emerging markets portfolios" and also "a quality portfolio management ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... one-third of the total. But growth will vary greatly across sectors and regions. Chicago-based global equities manager William Blair has recently changed its views on China. One of the firm's equity specialists, Romina Graiver, says that "we were a bit ...

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
US fund manager William Blair has launched its first unit trusts to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The Global Leaders Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Leaders Equity Fund and Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund were selected from William ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Chicago-based asset manager William Blair's head of dynamic allocation strategies Brian Singer has been in Australia promoting the firm's Macro Allocation Fund to institutional investors. The strategy is centred on the investment philosophy of 'game ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
Chicago-based investment manager William Blair has stepped up its bid to penetrate the Australian superannuation fund market by bringing senior investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... success or failure of a fund manager." Alex Francois, head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution at William Blair, has the task of launching the Chicago-based firm's funds in Australia with the ultimate goal of winning mandates for ...

William Blair appoints head of distribution in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
William Blair, the Chicago-based global investment bank, has appointed Alex FranASois as head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand. With more than $47 billion in assets, William Blair Investment Management provides portfolio management ...
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