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Contango appoints analysts to capitalise on growing markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... capabilities. Both will report to chief investment officer George Boubouras, who said the addition followed strong performance across the various Contango funds for the March quarter. Scott was recently head of research at Ord Minnett and was the senior ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Fund manager Epoch Investment Partners has blamed the relatively poor performance of active managers in recent years on the market distorting impact of quantitative easing and says talented stock pickers will come good again soon. S&P Dow Jones recently ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The average active fund's performance versus index strategies has worsened compared to the previous six months, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... improves faster or inflation increases more than expected, it will be appropriate to raise rates faster. And if economic performance disappoints or inflation remains lower than expected, it will be appropriate to delay liftoff or raise rates more slowly ...

AMP Capital names successor to property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... its Diversified Property Fund. Kylie O'Connor will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of the $4.2 billion fund. She takes over the baton from Louise Joslin, who is retiring from executive roles, in mid-2015. ...

Challenger boutique nominated for three Investor's Choice awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... part of Challenger's multi-boutique business, Fidante Partners. It was nominated for European Credit Fund - Long Term Performance, Emerging Credit Fund of 2014 and Credit Fund of 2014, which it won. The boutique was also recently nominated in two categories ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... mandates will be hard closed immediately. Closing funds to new money is a common practice used by fund managers to avoid performance being negatively impacted by being too large. Hyperion's managing director, Tim Samway, said substantial investment out-performance ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... ensured the best outcome, companies that gave only to the Liberal or National Parties experienced better share price performance than those who only gave to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Political Monitor research identified over thirty companies ...

QIC executive departs for Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
QIC's head of investment performance and risk has left the company to manage a sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East. Having joined QIC in 2008 as head of investment compliance and risk management, Sam O'Sullivan moved to his previous role in 2012. ...

HLB Mann Judd appoints director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Sydney's business advisory division. Blecich joined the firm of accountants and business advisers in 2011 as business performance improvement manager. She has more than eight years' experience in business performance improvement, specifically assisting ...