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Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... - and for a growth manager that is important." At the end of June the Fund's biggest overweight was to consumer discretionary stocks with Home Depot performing particularly strongly. Zurich investment specialist James Holt said the share price had more ...

Acorn appoints Asia Small Cap portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... its Acorn Capital Asia Small Cap Fund. He will be responsible for analysing and selecting stocks in the consumer discretionary sector across all Asian markets excluding Japan. Quah joins Acorn Capital from Hong Kong-based stockbroker CLSA Asia-Pacific ...

Pengana eyes reporting season short-selling opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... typical in times of heightened volatility that we are now seeing," he said. Telecommunications, health care, consumer discretionary and property have remained in positive territory as investors continued to prefer defensive exposure with yield in mind. ...

One in five ASX200 companies ignoring social media

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... channel for communicating with their audiences. While some industries - particularly those with a consumer retail and discretionary focus - have a very active presence, others, like resources and materials, are yet to embrace social media tools as critical ...

SMSFs urged to consider transparent alternatives to managed funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... wanting to keep tabs on their investments, are being urged to consider separately managed accounts (SMAs) and managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). SMSF solution provider Xpress Super announced yesterday that it had added Macquarie's separately managed ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... range of products, including the suite of quantitative AHL strategies, the range of GLG alternative and long-only discretionary strategies and Man's fund of hedge fund offering FRM. Douglas has 27 years investment experience. He joins Man from JP Morgan's ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... existing and prospective clients interested in investment and residency in Australia." Credit Suisse has produced two discretionary portfolios which meet the requirements stipulated by the Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Citizenship ...

March sees moderate growth in super contributions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Contributions to superannuation funds were moderate in March, with discretionary contributions growing strongly, but compulsory flows slightly falling. The latest Bond Report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that discretionary contributions ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... currency coming off, that is also going to impact some of the stuff that they import and bring in." The consumer discretionary sector of the market was down 1.9 per cent in early trade, and one of the worst performers. The financial sector was down 0.19 ...

SFG pursues mergers on WHK suspension

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... business advisory practice, initiatives have been recently implemented to mitigate the impact of lower demand for discretionary advice," the statement read. "The WHK Board will assess any credible future proposal from SFG, or any other party." In February ...