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Waked triggers double downgrade

MORNINGSTAR REPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... after the departure of Morry Waked. The Morningstar report said Waked, former global chief investment officer of Scientific Active Equities and the head of the Australia SAE business at BlackRock, was a "meaningful loss". His departure follows portfolio ...

Untangling the Astarra web continues

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... UPH. AWPS owns approximately 64.4 per cent of the shares in UPH - a property development company. UPH currently has seven active special purpose vehicle subsidiaries with current property developments, where five are completed while two consist of vacant ...

CFS to hire ESG manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) is in the process of hiring an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) manager to help the group progressively embed ESG considerations across the funds it manages, now exceeding $145 billion. ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... institutionally mandated investment strategies exceeded their expected portfolio turnover between 2006 and 2009, with some active fund managers recording over 150-200 per cent higher turnover than anticipated. The Mercer report, which assessed more than ...

ASSET Super appoints LGT Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
ASSET Super has committed $50 million to invest with secondary market private equity investment firm, LGT Capital. The super fund has invested $12 million in the private equity investment firm's Crown Global Secondaries II product at the end of January ...

Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Russell Investments has announced more than 20 new specialist appointments to its Australian team and appointed Steve Schubert as managing director of superannuation, replacing current head Linda Elkins. Among the key appointments is Steve Schubert ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... and is likely to become more mainstream over the next 10 years. The Global Strategic Yield Fund - $A Hedged provides an active multi-manager vehicle for an opportunistic high-yield and emerging markets debt exposure. Logan Circle Partners runs a high-yield ...

Integrity appoints new portfolio manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Michael Murray reunites with former colleague Paul Fiani when he left AMP to join Fiani's Aussie equities boutique firm, Integrity Investment Management. Michael joins Integrity after nearly nine years with AMP where he was a senior portfolio manager ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... is the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada. With over 4,000 employees, RBC Capital Markets is active globally in fixed income, foreign exchange, infrastructure finance, metals, mining and energy. Working with clients through ...

Russell wins IOOF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Holdings' chief investment officer Steve Merlicek said he would also look to harness Russell's strategies aimed at enhancing active returns and reducing trading costs for investors. Russell's investment consulting practice provides advice on a range ...