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T. Rowe Price opens Aus equities business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... more research on the Australian market for the group's global funds management network and provide an Australian equities fund to investors. T. Rowe Price has one of the largest global buy-side research platforms in the investment market. Brewer said ...

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... $6.6 billion loss to pension funds following the fall in share price. The high conviction flagship international equities fund, Perennial Global Shares High Alpha has approximately $25 million in funds under management. The fund returned more than 23 ...

Westscheme overhauls intl equities portfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Westscheme has released its revised overseas developed equities fund manager lineup after dropping BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors from the portfolio. The super fund appointed AQR, PanAgora, MFS and Realindex to manage $450 million in equity ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Local Asian equities fund managers looking to win mandates should pay the $150 billion Temasek Holdings another visit, after the sovereign fund flagged plans to boost its Asian portfolios, according to its annual performance report released yesterday. ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Shareholders in listed investment company (LIC), India Equities Fund, have voted to return capital to investors - highlighting another example of the weaknesses of LIC vehicles. More than 95 per cent of the fund's investors voted for the board's proposed ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... found financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers when placing client money. BRW estimates Neilson's wealth at $2.3 billion. Further down the ladder, with an estimated ...

BNP Paribas merger with Fortis complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... strength of the BNP Paribas balance sheet," Harrison said in a statement. Arnhem Investment Management, the Australian equities fund manager formerly known as Fortis Investment Partners, has become one of the 25 specialist partners within the global ...

MLC cuts Wellington and appoints Carnegie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
MLC has axed Wellington Management Company from its global equities fund manager line-up, and appointed Carnegie Asset Management as its new investment manager. Wellington's mandate was terminated because the firm tended to show "higher turnover than ...

India Equities Fund proposes return of capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
John Pereira, chief executive of the India Equities Fund, has not ruled out launching another Indian equities strategy but said he is more concerned with meeting existing shareholders and returning capital to investors. According to an ASX statement ...

Orion still well regarded despite downgrade: CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Management expects continued support from financial planners despite a ratings firm downgrade of their Australian equities fund in a recent peer review. Tim Ryan, chief executive and chief investment officer at Orion, said the fund manager is well regarded ...