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Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Some financial advisers are responding to client demand for their international share investments to be unhedged. "There will be advisers looking at internationals more due to the high Australian dollar but if you are getting research that the dollar ...

Slim pickings in intl equities: van Eyk

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... resurface and hurt many fund managers in the sector. Van Eyk has recommended 29 per cent of the 51 international equities fund managers it reviewed, with only one earning an 'AA' rating. IFP's Global Franchise Fund received van Eyk's highest 'AA' rating ...

New board at India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
Investors at India Equities Fund voted against the board's proposed return of capital at last Friday's EGM, replacing them with three new directors nominated by shareholder GW Holdings. The directors of India Equities Fund previously said that if shareholders ...

Bell IXL eyes India Equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... boutique investment firm, Bell IXL Investments, has made a takeover bid for troubled listed investment company India Equities Fund (INE). Massimo Livio Cellante, managing director of Bell IXL, said in a letter to INE shareholders that his firm was looking ...

INGIM continues wholesale team expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia continues its focus on wholesale business expansion and advisers with its fourth appointment this year. Former AXA Australia national sales manager Mark Harper was named senior business development manager ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... transparency of corporate management in China is much lower than in the developed world. Indeed, it is a Chinese equities fund manager's major concern. The country is at a developing stage and has looser regulations with regards to company reporting ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... sourced FUM grew to more than $4.4 billion, from about $2.4 billion in the preceding year. The Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, was established in June 2003, and is managed by managed by Paul Taylor, who uses Fidelity's "bottom up stock selection approach." ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... returned 21.4 per cent p.a. in the past two years. Conversely, the India-themed listed investment company (LIC) Indian Equities Fund, was effectively wound up in July when 95 per cent of the fund's shareholders voted in favour of the board's proposed ...

Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
Australian domiciled international equities fund managers seeking mandates should look at the London Borough of Redbridge Pension Fund, which is keen to award $270 million in funds to global shares managers. According to a tender statement, the fund ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... the portfolio manager for UBS's High Alpha Long Term Opportunity Fund, a high conviction concentrated Australian equities fund. In late 2009, Males was joined by dedicated real estate securities analyst Vinay Narsi. "We can see the benefits of the current ...