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Macq customised portfolio mgt makes the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... fund three stars. The products are managed by MCPM's Sydney-based investment team led by Damian Graham. John Huynh, fund services analyst, S&P, said Graham was a capable portfolio manager. "His approach is disciplined and structured in applying a blend ...

HUB24 managed account gets thumbs up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund services has awarded a 'STRONG' rating to HUB24's separately managed account (SMA) platform. HUB24, a subsidiary of ASX listed boutique stockbroker Investorfirst, launched the SMA platform in early 2010. S&P noted that the manager ...

MLC cuts two mandates in new strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund by dropping mandates with Bridgewater and BlackRock. Standard & Poor's Fund Services has said that its ratings on Horizon series of funds and the Australian Share Fund remain unchanged with plans to review the ...

Fidelity closes property fund

STANDARD & POOR'S RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... FIL Investment Management is terminating its Fidelity Global Property Securities fund, prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to withdraw its rating on the strategy. FIL Investment Management informed S&P's that the fund will be terminated on 28 February. ...

Staff upheaval at BTIM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... who co-manages three Australian equity funds, is set to take a sabbatical. The departure of Osborne prompted S&P Fund services to place the BT Institutional Managed Cash Fund and BT Institutional Enhanced Cash Fund 'on hold'. S&P said that the funds ...

Founder of GSAM quant group to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... group in Australia, will be retiring from the firm at the end of the year, after 24 years with the company. S&P fund services subsequently confirmed that the ratings on the Goldman Sachs Global Flex funds (both hedged and unhedged) are unaffected by ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... retained in the face of departures, according to a new study. In its third quarterly Musical Chairs report, S&P fund services found that 94 per cent of departures of key investment professionals this year have been from mainstream investment managers. ...

CFS funds placed 'on hold' following staff departure

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
S&P fund services has placed the CFS Wholesale Global Share Fund and the CFS Wholesale Geared Global Share Fund 'on hold' following the second departure from the fund manager in three months. Financials analyst Vincent Houteville is set to leave the ...

BTFG drops van Eyk for S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has replaced van Eyk with Standard & Poor's Fund Services (S&P) for product research to be used by Westpac Financial Planning and dealer group Magnitude Financial Planning. The investment research mandate builds on S&P's services ...

S&P rerates former 452 funds

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned four-star 'new' ratings to two Colonial First State funds previously managed by 452 Capital. The funds had been downgraded to sell by S&P in August following the shock departure of key 452 capital executives. ...