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OptiMix appoints Schroders to global small caps portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
Schroders Investment Management has been appointed as a manager in OptiMix Investment Management's Global Small Companies Portfolio, replacing Wellington Management. As part of a regular OptiMix review process, Schroders was brought into the portfolio ...

Small caps lead IPO action

More than three quarters of companies that listed on the stock market last year were small caps and they will likely dominate the round of IPOs this year, according to HLB Mann Judd. A total of 165 companies were listed last year, of which 142 were ...

Smallco scores four stars from S&P

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2006
... will consistently outperform peers and will exceed investment objectives. Smallco is a dedicated long-short Australian small caps manager operating since October 2000. "The ability of the fund to short stocks and gear the portfolio means that this fund ...

Small cap returns abound for the skilled: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... well they can continue to harvest strong returns, according to Pengana Capital. Ed Prendergast, portfolio manager, small caps, said the small cap sector is far from fully valued and the best small cap managers are still able to unlock great returns from ...

Barclays wins S&P top prize

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... quantitative process." The other winners included; Colonial First State Wholesale Small Companies core, Australian small caps fund manager of the year and Credit Suisse Asset Management Australian Fixed Income Fund named Australian fixed income manager ...

NZ Super Fund scores big but cautions on the future

... emerging markets equities generated 37.7 per cent above the risk free rate while the 8.6 per cent allocated to global small caps equities returned a high 22.4 per cent above the risk free rate. Liquidity is a key theme for the fund. "We've identified ...

Big gaps in performance between managers

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... the market, which did 24.02 per cent over the year to 30 June, was the small cap sector, with Macquarie's bottom up small caps team leading other managers with a return of 39.17 per cent followed by Pengana, with 37.49 per cent. The big spread between ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... equity sector review revealed that most active managers continue to outperform index managers, with those focusing on small caps and growth style investing getting the lion's share of returns. While Navigator's research highlighted that the majority ...

Small caps can keep on delivering: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... which returned -1.9 per cent. Another pleasing figure for management is that, since inception in November 2004, the small caps fund has returned 57.8 per cent, outperforming the benchmark by 22.5 per cent. And this is despite the fund not investing in ...

Outflows to force Challenger fund re-opening

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... not had any figures confirmed by Challenger, but we understand that they have had around $100 million pulled from the small caps fund," he said. The suggested outflows follow the unexpected departure of small cap portfolio manager, James Ring, which ...