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BNY Mellon taps distressed debt

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... there are 63 that are in our research system dedicated to doing distressed investing," he said. MGAI also practices an active management approach to the fund's investments. "With all of the groups we invest in we require direct access to key decision ...

DWS hedge offers daily liquidity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
DWS Investments could well be one of the pioneers of a new era in hedge funds when it launched a new product that offers daily liquidity and pricing to retail investors. DWS Investments, Deutsche Bank's global retail asset management arm, last week ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... Corporations Act by failing to disclose to the market within 14 calendar days. ASX confirmed that 70 of these cases were 'active' on market trades and have been referred to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). This is in contrast ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Schroders Investment Management has launched the Geared Global Active Value fund, which gives retail investors access to a geared version of the firm's successful global equity fund. The Schroders Geared Global Active Value uses external lenders to ...

HSBC opens wholesale wealth mgmt Down Under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... Charles Genocchio. The Australian branch will offer products from its specialist investment businesses including Halbis (active management specialist) and Sinopia (quantitative specialist). HSBC Alternative Investments' fund of hedge funds and tailor-made ...

TAAM signs TPC for Asia fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) partnered with distribution firm, The Private Collection (TPC) to promote its new Asia Fund to dealer groups and advisers and educate them on the region's investment opportunities. Peter Sartori, TAAM chief investment ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... REST - but the figure is substantially lower from last year's 600,000 mark. Out of the 400,000, REST said up to 60,000 active members are likely to be impacted by the No TFN Tax. "It would be disappointing for all funds, in particular REST to see members ...

Plato wins OptiMix mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... falling stock prices," said Emmanuel Calligeris, head of portfolio solutions group ING Investment Management. Plato uses an active management approach with a 130/30 long/short strategy. The stock selection techniques diversify away from individual stock ...

FTI Aus unveils global equity fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... intention of adding a unit trust later in the year. "Australian clients are increasingly demanding value for money from their active managers" said Maria Wilton, managing director at Franklin Templeton Investments in Australia. "This is reflected in ...

Salary sacrifice on the rise: legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
The $1 billion industry fund, legalsuper, has experienced a 50 per cent increase in salary sacrifice contributions at the end of May, despite returns being the worst for 20 years. Andrew Proebstl, chief executive of the $1 billion super fund claims ...