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Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

Clime gains three-star rating for Aus equities fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Clime Asset Management has gained a three-star maiden rating for its Clime Australian Value Fund from Standard & Poor's, putting it on the radar for financial advisers for the first time. Darren Katz, head of distribution at Clime, said the Australian ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The US has avoided potential disaster and signed an agreement to cut fiscal expenditures and increase its federal debt ceiling, but nothing will change if the real issues cannot be addressed - an entire generation of underpaid Americans, said Clime ...

State Super CEO heads to Schroders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Chris Durack, chief executive officer of State Super, is leaving the fund to join Schroder Investment Management as a director in the senior management team. Durack will stay with State Super until October and join Schroders later that month. "Funds ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

Aberdeen eyes insto cash for new Asian property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management is looking to raise US$300-US$400 million from institutional investors with the launch of a new Asian property fund of funds. The closed ended fund of funds, Aberdeen's Asset Management Asia's third, aims to build a portfolio ...

Aberdeen switches Aus equities manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Aberdeen Asset Management has reorganised its Australian equities team, with a change at the top of the $170 million fund. Robert Penaloza will become head of the team on July 1, replacing Mark Daniels who steps down to become investment director. Penaloza ...

Three Aberdeen Fixed Income Funds 'On Hold': S&P

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Due to the resignation of Stuart Gray, a portfolio manager in Aberdeen's Asset Management Australian fixed income team, Standard and Poor's (S&P) has placed three Aberdeen funds 'On Hold'. The three funds affected by Gray's departure are the Aberdeen ...

RBC Dexia opens Thailand for Aberdeen

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
RBC Dexia Investor Services has opened its pan-Asian transfer agency platform in Thailand, meaning fund orders that once were faxed are now automated. The global service provider has opened its platform specifically for investment management client ...

Goldman Sachs downgraded but fixed interest pays

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Active Australian fixed interest funds performed well in 2010, according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which upgraded two managers and downgraded one. Aberdeen Australian Fixed Income and Advance Australian Fixed Interest Multi-Blend were upgraded ...