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Standard Risk Measure misleading

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
Investors may have already been misled by the Standard Risk Measure adopted by superannuation funds, said research house Van Eyk. Anomalies are caused by funds being able to choose how they calculate the risk of a product, said Van Eyk's head of strategic ...

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... contributions to the community. "I wanted to give back to the industry," said Taylor, who manages the Fidelity Australian Equities Fund. Taylor joined Fidelity in London in 1997 as an investment analyst after graduating from the London Business School ...

MIR Investment Management re-brands

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Specialist emerging markets equities fund manager, MIR Investment Management (MIR), today announced it would re-brand to Metisq Capital Pty Ltd (Metisq). MIR was established in 2003 as an Australian equities specialist. In 2007, MIR launched capabilities ...

Fidelity launches Aust equity income fund in Japan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... last week that the fund was developed and managed by Paul Taylor, who runs the highly-rated Fidelity Australian Equities Fund. While dividend yields have consistently increased in Asia in recent years, Australia is known to be one of the best-dividend ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It is understood that the multinational investment management firm BlackRock has lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. The mandate is comprised exclusively of Australian equities and has been in existence ...

Solaris appoints insto inv specialist

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Australian equity fund manager, Solaris Investment Management has appointed Neale Goldston-Morris as investment specialist to represent the firm in the institutional investment market. Neal joins Solaris from Macquarie Securities where he held the role ...

Brierley bids for wound-down scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Investments is well-know corporate raider Ron Brierley, who renamed Mercantile after he took control of the India Equities Fund in January. Shares in Mercantile rose 2.5% to 8.2 cents on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday and have gained ...

Pengana AEq fund added to BT Wrap

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
Pengana Capital's Australian Equities Fund has been added to the BT Wrap platform. The Pengana Australian Equities Fund is an unlisted managed investment scheme that provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of principally listed Australian companies. ...

Aus Super hands Orion mandate to Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... switch but declined to comment on the reasons behind the change which will hand the mandate to Fidelity's Australian equities fund manager, Paul Taylor. Fidelity's win comes in the midst of an investment mandate drought. Rainmaker data shows that the ...

Hyperion builds investment team

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Australian equities fund manager Hyperion Asset Management has appointed Will Hartnell as a dealer and analyst in its Brisbane-based investment team. The hire brings the investment-team to five, and Hartnell will be responsible for the execution of ...