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TAAM to add two more clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) is close to signing two more clients before the end of the first quarter. Peter Sartori, chief investment officer at TAAM, said the fund manager has the capacity to take on board some more funds from pension and ...

Aberdeen fund gets S&P three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Fund Services analyst Sheela Veerappan. Aberdeen has indicated that it does not intend to rely on tactical asset allocation (TAA) as a significant source of active return, but rather, will focus on constructing a portfolio that can deliver a sustainable ...

Instos move on Treasury stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Perpetual and Telstra Super have each bought more than one million ordinary shares in Treasury Group, which means both groups hold a five per cent voting share in the boutique incubator. Both groups bought more than 1.1 million of ordinary shares in ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Leading contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber wears his "ultra bearish" cap in his Australian visit, predicting another financial crisis could happen in the next five to 10 years - but even that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities, particularly ...

Templeton and TAAM top EM review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
The Templeton Emerging Markets fund and the Treasury Asia Asset Management New Asia fund were the only two out of 15 funds in the sector to be rated 'highly recommended' by Lonsec. The Lonsec annual review of the sector found the AMP Capital Asian Equity ...

Instos target medium term strategies

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... but this by no means guaranteed to do so," said the consultant. The strategy is different to a tactical asset allocation (TAA), which aims to profit by predicting market movements over short-term periods and is often implemented by investment managers. ...

Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... behind the approach is 'first, do not harm' - fund managers don't invest if they don't have high conviction. In contrast, TAA investors feel obliged to time the market and invest, when they shouldn't have. "The thing behind TAA is you have to have a ...

Treasury boutiques gain inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), RARE Infrastructure and Orion Asset Management have received inflows in the past month after a seven-month dry spell, suggesting some instos are dripfeeding capital back into boutiques. "Clients were frozen for ...

BlackRock wins Lonsec top rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... rating to the fund manager's diversified investment team, their approach to portfolio construction, their "well resourced" TAA approach and focus on risk management. "Independent research house reviews were welcome news, and what is most pleasing is ...

TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Local and international institutional investors continue to back the $1.3 billion Treasury Asia Asset Management's investment strategies with mandate top-ups since June last year. TAAM chief investment officer Peter Sartori said institutional investors ...