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GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Ric Suvak has left his role as head of Australian Equities at GMO Australia this week for undisclosed reasons - leaving more than $4 billion of funds under management to a member of the group's domestic equities team. Geoff Wells, who was previously ...

Investors gain sector-based ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Institutional investors and financial planners will soon be able to access locally listed sector-based exchange traded funds (ETF) after Australian Index Investments (Aii) announced plans to launch six ETFs to the market in the next three months. The ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Cyclical stocks may be on top of many investors' lists but one fund manager said the time is ripe to get back to blue chips, too. Kate Howitt, portfolio manager with Fidelity's Australianequities team, said 2010 will favour prudent investors as the ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The details behind Macquarie's venture to potentially sell its real estate management platform to Charter Hall are still sketchy - but one property expert predicts the outcome of the deal could create a new heavyweight property player in Australia. ...

Emerging markets look expensive: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
David Bassanese's exchange traded fund (ETF) research found emerging market stocks are starting to get expensive but it remains bullish on local equities. The Pennywise Investment January report said the price-to-book value across emerging market stocks ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was about 1.5 per cent lower at noon, hit by concerns of a local rate rise, lower than expected sales by Woolworths and delays to a major mining joint venture. A decline in US stocks overnight also dented investor confidence ...

130/30 strategies slammed for high fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Some Australian equity extension fund managers, which include 130/30 investment strategies, are charging excessive fees for poor performance, according a report. The van Eyk Australian Equities Extension Sector review of more than 10 fundamental and ...

Mahogany enters voluntary administration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Mahogany Capital has appointed Christopher Hill and Marcus Ayres of PPB as voluntary administrators to the firm. According to an ASX statement released on Tuesday, the announcement follows Perpetual removing over $1.5 million from Mahogany's bank accounts ...

Fund managers pick what's hot in 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Fund managers are predicting strong returns from financial, industrial and media stocks while one manager is forecasting the local market to hit 5,600 by December next year. Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, said he ...

DNR aboard HUB24 platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
Dalton Nicol Reid portfolios are now on yet another managed account platform, HUB24. Dalton Nicol Reid made four portfolios available on the HUB24 platform, including its Australian equities growth, income and ethical portfolios as well as its listed ...