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Invesco switches quant team to value, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... alpha generation was 3 per cent per annum over three years and 2.4 per cent over five and ten years. Andrew Yap, fund services analyst for S&P, said they had put the fund on hold because Concord was a largely institutional manager that they do not currently ...

Three stars for Glennon small cap fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... operation and Glennon has plenty of experience in the small cap sector and with start-up operations." John Huynh, fund services analyst at S&P, said Glennon principal and lead portfolio manager, Michael Glennon, was an experienced and capable manager. ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... drop in the coverage of managed funds so it's a strong value proposition to cover ETFs," said Rodney Lay, director, fund services. Advisers can expect more diversification of ETF products to reach the market soon, with more "niche, slicing and dicing ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the uncertainty of the situation, fund services analyst James Gunn said today. Morningstar also said today that it would be contacting UBS to discuss the situation and ...

S&P rates cash offerings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund Services rates 12 Australian fixed interest cash and cash enhanced offerings with Colonial First State's Wholesale Cash Fund receiving the only five-star rating. The ratings house reviewed seven cash offerings and five cash enhanced ...

CFS GAM resources team lose two analysts

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... to full complement and it has already expanded since mid-2010 with the hire of three analysts. Standard & Poor's Fund Services has subsequently removed the CFS First Choice Wholesale Global Resources Fund from 'On Hold' and lowered it from four stars ...

AMP Capital to recruit in infrastructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... talent into the team in the future. The team currently stands at six investment professionals. Standard & Poor's fund services said that its three star ratings on two AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Securities funds, hedged and unhedged, were unaffected. ...

A decade on, Frontier turns new leaf

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... quality, timeliness and flexibility of their advice. Frontier was set up as an asset consulting group within Industry Fund Services (IFS) back in 1994. It became a standalone entity in July 2000 and grew from a 10-staff business managing $18 billion ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... are now seeking a senior portfolio manager and two research analysts to replace the pair. Michael Armitage, S&P fund services analyst, said the loss of senior personnel was not desirable but that the impact on the team's size and capabilities was minor ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... responsible for portfolio management, with research support provided by an outsourced team in Bangalore, India," said S&P Fund Services analyst, Justine Gorman.