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SMAs drive interest into concentrated Australian equity funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... Alleron Australian Equity Growth Fund and Lazard Select Australian Equity Fund. Both were ranked as Recommended. One fund, Solaris High Alpha Australian Equity Fund was withdrawn by the fund manager from the ratings process.

ACSI chief exec Byrne wins PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... the US were also elected. Frank Pegan, chief executive officer of Catholic Super, Denis Donohue, managing director of Solaris, and Manny Pohl, managing director of Hyperion, also ran for the election.

Four Australians in running for UN PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Catholic Super, Solaris Investment Management, Hyperion Asset Management and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors will be represented in the election for the UN principles for responsible investment (PRI) advisory council late this month. ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... funds increasingly require ESG factors to be embedded into the investment process of fund managers, $4 billion boutique Solaris Investment Management has appointed a specialist on a permanent basis. Lisa Domagala has been working with Solaris as a consultant ...

van Eyk drops AXA Bernstein for Sigma

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
van Eyk has dropped AXA Bernstein and minimised allocation towards Integrity, Fidelity and Solaris after appointing a share of the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund to Sigma Funds Management. The fund, which currently has approximately $1.4 billion under ...

FirstChoice launches nine new options

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... Thematic Share, Blackrock Asset Allocation Alpha, AMP Capital Global Property Securities, Ironbark Karara Australian Share, Solaris Core Australian and FirstRate Investment Deposits. FirstChoice now offers 115 options, with 119 on its wholesale platf ...

Funds must invest in ESG expertise

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... rising in prominence in the retail as well as the institutional space, according to one manager. Boutique fund manager Solaris Investment Management, appointed Lisa Domagala on a consultancy basis a year ago to provide supplementary advice across all ...

Performance fees more popular: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... the 18 funds - charging between 15 per cent and 20 per cent. The fund with the highest performance fee of 30 per cent, Solaris Core Australian Equities, however offset it with a very low ongoing fee of 10 basis points. High water marks were also an important ...

Solaris rated 'highly recommended'

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Solaris Investment Management has received a 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec for its Core Australian Equity Fund and the High Alpha Australian Equity Fund. This is the second consecutive year the fund's Core strategy has received Lonsec's highest ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... that the disaster will have minimal impact on Hyperion's investment plans, due to its 'bottom up' stock picking approach. Solaris Investment Management, another Brisbane-based fund manager, hopes to return to its offices, which were subject to flooding ...