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Global fund managers bullish on equities: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... that 75% of global managers have an overweight view towards equities in the first quarter of this year, while 25% have a neutral view. In the final quarter last year, only 40% of global managers that HSBC surveyed were overweight equities, and half of ...

Prime Value boosts BDM team

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... nimble enough to hunt for value across the ASX, to complement the other index-hugging approaches." Prime Value is a 'style neutral' manager which invests across the ASX and manages approximately $300 million.

ASFA Board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... Sunsuper chief executive officer Tony Lally was also re-elected chair of the Board for a fourth year during the sector-neutral superannuation collective's Annual General Meeting held yesterday afternoon. "This really is a strong affirmation of the excellent ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... down six cents at $7.95, following downgrades by brokers this week, including Macquarie moving it to underperform from neutral. Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28.49 points (0.23 per cent) at 12,542.46. The broad-market S&P 500 lost ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... appetite quantitatively by analysing the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors. A reading of 100 is neutral; it is the level at which investors are neither increasing nor decreasing their allocations to risky assets. State Street ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite fund managers remaining neutral on both equities and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... were underweight in emerging markets, in both equities and debt, with many needing to up their exposure just to become neutral. This is in part because of indices which evaluate weightings with a rear-view approach, he said. An alternative analysis which ...

Investor confidence index down: State Street

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... appetite: the greater the percentage allocation to equities, the higher risk appetite or confidence. A reading of 100 is neutral; it is the level at which investors are neither increasing nor decreasing their allocations to risky assets.

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... billion not-for-profit super sector which includes industry, corporate and public sector funds. The FSC, AIST and the sector-neutral Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was too early to say whether the proposed transparency ...