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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 ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Schroders Investment Management has launched the Geared Global Active Value fund, which gives retail investors access to a geared version of the firm's successful global equity fund. The Schroders Geared Global Active Value uses external lenders to ...

Lincoln to launch more 'golden rule' funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... a lot of our clients tend to be a little older [but] we also see opportunity for a small cap fund, and in time, a global fund as we apply the model we've developed here to overseas markets," said D'Amato. "That said there would need to be research, one ...

Treasury Asia wins $61.9m Skandia mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has awarded a $61.9 million Asian mandate for its Global Best Ideas fund to Treasury Asia Asset Management. Treasury Asia Asset Management is a boutique investment manager specialising in active investment management in ...

ABN Amro Asset Mgmt to join Fortis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO Asset Management (Australia) has severed ties with ABN AMRO Group and will merge with global fund manager Fortis Investments. The new group will boast 40 investment centres, 600 investment professionals and 2,300 staff in more than 30 countries ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... co-investing with them in their private equity deals. Meanwhile, multi-manager giant QIC also looks to co-investing with global fund managers for their infrastructure portfolio. Frontier's investment consultant Chris Trevillyan, who specialises in infrastructure ...