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Five Oceans to be disbanded

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
Fidante Partners global equities house Five Oceans Asset Management is set to close after more than eight years in business. Principals from the group, which sits under Challenger's boutique funds management business, have written to clients to inform ...

Bloomberg names exec to lead new bond indices business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... institutions and the index user community. Angel spent over four years with UBS Australia Bond Indices and previously was in equities research. She will be joined by Bloomberg's index manager Phon Vilayoune, who has relocated from Princeton to Sydney. ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... traded products (ETPs) show. According to BetaShares' data, the average daily value traded of the BetaShares Australian Equities Bear Hedge Fund (ASX Code "BEAR") has increased by 40% in the last month. The BEAR fund trades on the ASX and is designed ...

AustralianSuper awards $1bn global equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
AustralianSuper has awarded a $1 billion global equities mandate to a US-based fund manager. Causeway Capital Management confirmed to Financial Standard that it was awarded the mandate, which is more than 1% of the value of AustralianSuper's portfolio. ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... monetary policy is a powerful macro management tool, down from 21% last year. In line with past years, confidence in equities continues. Just over half (51%) of investors believe equities will be the best performing asset class over the next three months ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... anchoring well-diversified portfolios, enhancing returns and mitigating risk. Third, other asset classes, particularly equities, aren't deemed as attractively cheap -- and have an unpleasant tendency to sell off faster and further than bonds in bad times. ...

DomaCom eyes Gen Ys with property product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... a minimum investment of $20,000. "As trustees grow their fund over time, broadening their asset allocation to include equities and fixed interest, so too will their fees gradually increase," he said. "We are targeting the children of the current clients," ...

Challenger makes senior Fidante Partners appointment

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... institutional business and strategic alliances, Michael Clarke said. Fidante Partners' international businesses include Asian equities manager, Metisq Capital, global alternatives specialist, WyeTree, global infrastructure manager, Whitehelm Capital ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... the mining boom. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished a bumpy week on Friday on a high note as technology and small-cap equities shook off the blues from recent weeks and led the overall market higher. The broad-based S&P 500 closed the week on an especially ...

Second PM Capital LIC now trading on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Chris Donohoe said the global LICs were attractive to SMSF investors who require greater diversification to offshore equities. Donohoe thanked brokers Ord Minnett, Taylor Collison, CBA Equities and Morgans for their role in the capital raising. Combined ...