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Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Global equities fund managers are often choosing the same stocks for their top 10 holdings, research house Lonsec has found in its latest global equity fund sector review. The review rated 39 funds of which 26 were qualitatively managed by active stock ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The wealth management industry should look at sovereign wealth clients as a potential frozen asset risk, an analyst from Colonial First State told Financial Standard yesterday. With civil war raging in Libya and tensions continuing to erupt across the ...

S&P rates cash offerings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund Services rates 12 Australian fixed interest cash and cash enhanced offerings with Colonial First State's Wholesale Cash Fund receiving the only five-star rating. The ratings house reviewed seven cash offerings and five cash enhanced ...

Upside in fixed income: Aberdeen

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
Global demand for fixed income remains but investors are shifting their attention towards higher yielding products, said a leading fund manager. "We're seeing investors begin to look at why yields have reached a low at a core level and that there's ...

AMP positions senior AXA staff

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
Senior members of AXA management take less pronounced roles in the restructured AMP team following court approval of the $14 billion merger. Four AXA executives make the journey to AMP, following in the footsteps of chairman Rick Allert and director ...

AUI signs up fixed income veteran

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has created a new fixed income team through a joint venture with experienced fund manager Bill Bovingdon. Former Aberdeen CEO Bovingdon set up a boutique funds management business called Altius Asset Management, focusing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving clear, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all three key Wall Street indices substantially higher, as were European and Asian markets. Gold was flat but higher, oil was higher, but silver and copper ...

Hedge research warns against poor risk analytics

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
New research from the US on hedge funds suggest managers with smarter risk analytics embedded within their investment approach will emerge as this year's mandate winners. In a January US survey of investor concerns, three out of four respondents want ...

Aberdeen mounts case for active fixed income investing

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
While the active versus passive debate usually centers around stocks, one of the country's largest fixed interest managers is keen to have the same argument around bonds. In a new paper, Abedeen's head of Australian Fixed Income, Victor Rodriguez, argues ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
While liquidity has improved in Australia's residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market, more needs to be done to boost the attractiveness and stability of the sector, said an industry expert. Jeff Brunton, head of capital markets at AMP Capital ...