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Morningstar admires IOOF's distinctive approach

Morningstar Research has awarded the IOOF Multi-manager Australian Equities fund's strategy a 'recommended' grade on the strength of its approach to investing, sensible manager line up and relatively cheap ongoing expenses. Spanning the one, two and ...

Tasplan Super reorganises its investment manager line up

Tasplan Super has completed its review of its domestic and overseas equities investment sectors and has subsequently rearranged its fund manager appointments. In regard to its investments in Australian equities the industry superannuation fund has added ...

Supporting role for MMC's share strategy

Morningstar has given MMC's wholesale Australian share strategy a 'recommended' rating however points out its substantial cash holding can drag down returns. MMC's portfolio research approach includes fundamentals-driven, deep value analysis targeting ...

HIP adjusts its manager line-up

Health Industry Plan (HIP) superannuation fund has amended its manager line-ups with State Street taking over from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in HIP's Australian equities portfolio, and a combination of Capital International and Bank of Ireland ...

Maple-Brown Abbott goes the distance

Morningstar Research has given Maple-Brown Abbott's Australian Equity Trust's investment strategy a recommended rating due to the fund manager's propensity to perform well over the longer term. Maple-Brown Abbot's strategy takes into account traditional ...

What's the big deal with M&A?

... Cohen. Underlying these figures has been has been the trend for Australian companies to buy locally. In September this year, ABB Grain merged with AusBulk and United Grower for a total of $1.1 billion. Australian companies have also been engaged actively ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2004
... price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead, was seven points firmer at 3943 on a volume of 1,070 contracts. Today ABB Grain unveils full year results while Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Evans & Tate front shareholders while Axa chief ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Sydney firm, broker

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2004
The corporate watchdog has commenced proceedings against a Sydney-based finance and insurance firm and one of its brokers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today said it was taking action against Abbotsford firm Marantmar ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
HBOS chief executive James Crosby dampened hopes of a UK bid for Abbey National on Wednesday as he forecast strong HBOS performance in 2004 and 2005 after a rise in first-half profits. Crosby said a bid for Abbey by HBOS or a UK rival was unlikely after ...

Strong showing by Fiducian funds

Fiducian Portfolio Services has rated highly on the latest Mercer Investment Consulting ratings, standing out as the only manager to have two funds in the top 13 performers listed in the latest Mercer tables. Additionally, for the second consecutive ...