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van Eyk adds UBS-HALO to the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... from van Eyk in its March 2011 Australian Equities Concentrated Review. According to van Eyk, the "concentrated, style-neutral" approach of the UBS-HALO portfolio is a good fit for other value and growth strategies in its Blueprint fund. The UBS-HALO ...

Lonsec hands Solaris top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... 'Highly Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The rating applies to both the retail and performance fee option, which are style neutral strategies with a bottom up approach. Lonsec said it considers the funds to be suitable for long-term investors, despite ...

SMSFs in share buying mood

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... allocated to cash and fixed interest. That said, the overall share outlook was fairly positive with 23% while 38% were neutral as to the immediate future of equities. AMSA chairman Grant Abboot said that SMSF trustees directly invest more than $160 billion ...

Equity based strategies hedge fund winners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... and Macquarie lost out on the top spot, with equity-based strategies dominating the talent field. Regal Tasman Market Neutral Fund was awarded Australian Hedge Fund of the Year and Best Market Neutral Fund for 2011 at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... surprise, "you would think that it would probably be a hint of a rate cut". "But our view is that it will probably be pretty neutral," Mr Callow said. US markets were closed overnight due to a public holiday, so direction for currency markets came from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... flat today," Mr Willis said. "What you're seeing today is people covering shorts and selling longs so they can have a neutral position and then they can reassess their trading stance on Monday when the outcome of Bernanke's comments will be known." Making ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was stronger on Tuesday after a bouyant night on European and US equity markets and as commodities also pushed higher. At 0710 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.03 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
When the going gets tough, the Fed gets going. Ok, ok. I was wrong - no need to throw it back at my face. I expected the US Federal Reserve to provide a circuit breaker in the form of a third QE. I was wrong! Big Ben did this small Ben one better. B-I-N-G-O! ...

Debt and small caps broaden emerging market value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... options. Hoguet believes that the medium term impact of the financial crisis means that investors should have at least a neutral weighting, or 14% of equities allocated to them, which could result in a capacity problem. According to the IMF, a 1% shift ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... didn't offer any any guidance as to who that may come from or which party that may come from, so the market is fairly neutral." Banks and financials all were positive at noon, with Commonwealth Bank up 65 cents, or 1.31 per cent, at $50.19. National ...