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Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The European fund industry is failing the fees transparency test - while Australian fund managers are facing their own woes when it comes to unbundling fund costs, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the "Ideal Fund - Reengineering the ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
Australian superannuation funds are 18 months behind their UK counterparts which are increasingly awarding mandates to agriculture investments, said an industry expert. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona Agriculture, said increasing mandates ...

Firm hails the next emerging market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... are available on the Swedish and Luxembourg equity markets including the flagship fund, the East Capital Eastern European fund, which Hanson-Lawson is promoting down under. The East Capital Eastern European fund returned, in US dollars, more than 20 ...

Harrop departs Platinum

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Platinum's European Fund portfolio manager Toby Harrop is leaving the company and will be replaced by Clay Smolinski, reports Standard & Poor's. Smolinski joined the firm in 2005. According to a statement by the ratings house, Platinum European Fund ...

Asia FMs to wield more power

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
While US and European fund managers are reeling from the wave of investor redemptions during the credit crisis last year, their Asian counterparts enjoyed net inflows to the tune of US$140 billion. According to a report from US-based researcher Strategic ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... integrate material ESG risks across their investments. "[CFS GAM's] moves echo those that we have seen from leading European fund managers over the last couple of years," said Innovest managing director Asia Pacific, Bill Hartnett. The research company ...

New Sydney FOHF entrant wins global award

A European fund of hedge funds (FOHF) manager that's just set up an office in Sydney has bagged the coveted Global Investor Investment Excellence Award handed out in London last month. The 105-year old award winning hedge fund group, Stenham Asset Management ...

Quintessential Wealth explores Eastern Europe

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2005
... opportunity, which could deliver double the returns compared to that available locally," Hopkins says. "Our first European fund - which closed oversubscribed in December 2004 - has to date returned nearly 40 per cent annualised." The fund also invests ...

Australian fund data added to Morningstar Direct

Australian fund data is now available via Morningstar's online global research platform called Morningstar Direct. Morningstar Direct is an investment research and analysis tool that provides access to investment statistics to global financial institutions. ...

Adveq to expand European investment program

... based funds investment manager Adveq is set to expand its European investment program with the launch of its third European fund of funds planned for the first quarter of 2005. Adveq believes high returns in leading funds relating to venture capital ...