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The upside of a downside fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Boutique fund manager Instreet has developed a new product that helps financial planners and their investors protect their Australian equity portfolios from market swings - without having to switch their equities allocation to cash. The product, Link ...

Kinetic wins CBUS mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Kinetic Investment Partners has won a small-caps equities mandate from the $13 billion CBUS. Richard Sharp, portfolio manager at Kinetic Investment Partners, confirmed the boutique fund manager had received a substantial injection in funds from CBUS. ...

ASIC bans client adviser for life

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
The regulator has banned a Brisbane-based former client adviser, Roy Ho, from providing financial services for life. Ho, who previously worked at Tricom Futures Services, now known as Stonebridge Futures Services, admitted to using nine client trading ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Australian equity fund managers are still finding well-valued stocks despite the local market moving sideways in the past six months. The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index returned more than 35 per cent in the year to January. But the same index traded ...

Ausbil Dexia Aus equities in high demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Ausbil Dexia, which manages $11.5 billion in Australian equities, has closed its flagship investment funds to new institutional clients after opening the investment strategies briefly last year. Paul Xiradis, chief executive and head of equities at ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Contango Asset Management's institutional clients have been topping up their small cap investment mandates as the sector's benchmark returned 63 per cent in the year to February. David Stevens, managing director at Contango Asset Management, said more ...

Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Optimix has given Hyperion Asset Management a $300 million Australian equities investment mandate following a review of its manager lineup. Hyperion's appointment comes after Optimix reviewed the strategies of its Australian equities specialist investment ...

Swanson heads MMC Contrarian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
CommInsure veteran Simon Swanson has been appointed chief executive of MMC Contrarian, which recently agreed to buy ClearView Retirement Solutions and MBF Life from Bupa Australia. Swanson, who announced his retirement from CommInsure mid last year ...

ASX targets ETF growth market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is ramping up its exchange traded fund (ETF) business as more providers enter the market to cope with rising demand. Richard Murphy, general manager - equity markets at the ASX, said local ETF funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
The Australian share market had advanced over 0.6 per cent by noon following a firm lead from Wall Street and gains made by the seven largest local stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35.4 points, or 0.73 per cent, at 4,865.6 ...