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Vanguard loses portfolio manager, retains ratings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Ratings on four Vanguard international equities funds have remained unchanged following the recent departure of portfolio manager Mark Hildebrandt, Standard & Poor's said yesterday. Vanguard's International Shares Index, International Shares Index Hdgd ...

Fund managers fail to make the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Research house van Eyk says Australian Equities fund managers need to lift their game, recommending only 18 of 65 managers in its latest sector review. Just 12 core and six concentrated strategies were able to earn van Eyk's "A" rating in the Australian ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Global equities fund managers are often choosing the same stocks for their top 10 holdings, research house Lonsec has found in its latest global equity fund sector review. The review rated 39 funds of which 26 were qualitatively managed by active stock ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... per cent and SGH ICE that rose 6.82 per cent. Their performance as a group was outstanding compared with global equities fund managers. Global equities outperformed the domestic index with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index rising 3.89 per cent over the ...

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has temporarily withdrawn its Global Equity Opportunities Fund from the Australian market due to resignation of two portfolio managers in Europe. Standard & Poor's Fund Services removed its three star rating at the ...

Three star Bell appoints equities analysts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Bell Asset Management has appointed two senior analysts for its global equities fund that earns three star rating from Standard & Poor's. The Melbourne-based manager, which has $3.5 billion in funds under management/administration, has added Nicole ...

T. Rowe Price to expand Aus equities team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... manager, described Patel as a "key hire" and said both will be working closely in the creation of a new Australian equities fund that taps into the global firepower of T. Rowe Price. "The real point of difference for us is our very extensive platform ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Boutique investment fund Eight Investment Partners (8IP) aims to use the integration of an Australian focused equities fund as a springboard for Asian investments. Atom Funds Management, a small cap Australian equities manager with around $70 million ...

Zenith releases Aus Equity large cap review

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... listed nine as Highly Recommended and a further 34 as Recommended. Those highly recommended were Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, Schroder Wholesale Australian Equity Fund, Greencape Wholesale High Conviction Fund, Ausbil - Australian Active Equity ...

Hunter Hall launches two equity funds

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... Hunter Hall taps into rising financial adviser demand for global equities with the launch of a fully-hedged global equities fund and an Asian equities fund. The boutique manager has introduced the new fully hedged global equities fund as financial advisers ...