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Instreet funds gain second platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Instreet's Reliance Commodities and Reliance Global Allocation fund have been added to the BT Wrap platform. Both funds are already available on the Macquarie Wrap platform. The Instreet Reliance Commodities fund received a 'recommended' rating and ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Research of the top 50 actively managed global equities funds, found similar results with 27 or more than half of active global fund managers underperformed the MSCI World ex Australia index over a one year period. In addition, Rainmaker found just eight ...

Zenith ranks Martin Currie and Franklin Templeton

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... the historic volatility of the stock, its correlation to the market and to existing portfolio holdings. The Franklin Global fund is growth biased with a focus on identifying companies with the ability to grow shareholder value over medium to longer term ...

Smith leaves GSJBW property fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... Sachs JBWere, continues his role as portfolio manager supported by two analysts. Hannon works across the domestic and global fund, but will focus on domestic the property securities fund and spend less time on analysing Asian stocks for the global fund. ...

WW names top fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... assets under management increasing 19 per cent during 2007 to more than $990 billion. Assets managed by the top 20 global fund managers increased by six per cent in 2007 compared to 23 per cent the previous year to $37 trillion.

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... fund, for example, lost 5 per cent over the same period. But the outperformance doesn't come without a cost. Like many global fund managers trying to juggle multiple timezones, Carter is already at the office at 4.30am to check the US markets and still ...

Planners demand global fund with conviction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Advance Asset Management is extending its relationship with US based Tradewinds Global Investors to provide retail investors' with access to a high conviction global equities fund. The Advance Tradewinds Global Equities fund's strategy aims to identify ...

Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
Australians have emerged the victors of the wealth management race despite a global economic slowdown, new research shows. According to the AFG Global Funds Management Index, Australians amassed an average $70,385 per person in managed funds - emerging ...

BNP Paribas responds to alpha demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
BNP Paribas Investment Partners launched another MFS Investment Management fund, the Concentrated Global Equity Trust, for its Australian and New Zealand wholesale investors. The fund invests in 20 to 35 companies that are selected from the most attractive ...

Northern Trust gains $1bn custody mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... Asia master fund, emerging markets strategies and strategic opportunities funds. Sue Baines, Northern Trust head of global fund services sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the global custodian has a proven track record in administering close ...