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US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Fairview joins Alpha managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... investment manager established in 2008, whose sole focus is on investing in Australian small companies. This is through a core active approach to investing and broad based coverage across both the industrial and resources universe. Chris Adams, Leigh ...

Shadforth buys SA planning firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has bought South Australian-based financial planning practice, Walmsley Halligan & Co and its parent company, 'Walmsley Halligan'. The Walmsley Halligan move follows the merger and integration of 12 privately-owned fee-based ...

NabInvest buys Canadian property boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
National Australia Bank's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has bought Presima, a global REIT boutique fund manager based in Canada. The acquisition is nabInvest's seventh deal since the business was established in October 2007 and its second ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... Greece turned to caution, while investors were also were also concerned that the Tokyo stock market remained overbought. In active trade, the benchmark Nikkei shed 90.67 points to 11,161.23, while the broader Topix fell 0.6 per cent to 988.44. The Nikkei's ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... months to January, the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index lost 0.72 per cent while the average fund manager in the Rainmaker Active Top 50 Australian Equities table was relatively on par with a loss of 0.21 per cent over the same period. But proof that active ...

Acadian counts corp governance risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... standard of governance by management to prepare those financials. The measurement was implemented into the fund manager's active global and international equity strategy. "From a returns perspective, Acadian believes that fundamentally well governed ...

Ausbil Dexia Aus equities in high demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... anniversary late last week. Ausbil Dexia is well considered in the local funds management industry, with its Australian Active Equities fund and Australian Emerging Leaders fund both holding 'highly recommended' ratings from Zenith and Lonsec. The Ausbil ...

Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

SSgA appoints equities head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
State Street Global has appointed Marc Reinganum as head of its active developed market equities team. Based in Boston, Reinganum is responsible for all aspects of active management within the global developed market equity portfolios, and reports to ...