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S&P gives Aberdeen fund 3 stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
S&P Fund Services has rated the Aberdeen Capital Growth Fund three stars, after the fund was placed 'On Hold' following Aberdeen's acquisition of parts of Credit Suisse which affected the management of this product. S&P rates the fund three stars after ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Perpetual has become the only manager to receive a five-star rating in S&P Fund Services' latest review of the Australian Equities - Large Cap sector-specific peer group. The peer group includes four investment strategies offered by four managers. S&P ...

Aberdeen appoints Aust eq manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Robert Penaloza as senior investment manager in its Australian equities team. Penaloza's appointment marks his return to Australia after a 13-year absence, during which time he worked in Aberdeen's Asian offices ...

NSW man sentenced for early super release

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Another one bites the dust - SMSF trustee Atan Ona Kassongo joins the growing list of offenders caught unlawfully allowing early access to his super fund. Kassongo, of Castle Hill, New South Wales, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment, to be ...

Clime doubles cash holding

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The chief investment officer of Clime Investment Management believes the local market is becoming overvalued, prompting the Aussie equities firm to double its cash holdings in certain portfolios. John Abernethy, the fund's CIO said that in just a few ...

Director charged in Westpoint case

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
A director who dealt in Westpoint promissory notes has been placed on a good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to carrying on a financial services business without holding an AFSL. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment, with an order that he ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Assets managed by investment managers has broken through the $1.4 trillion barrier again after climbing 12.8 per cent in 2009 and returning to where it was 18 months ago, according to new research from Rainmaker. "This is the third consecutive quarter ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
See what a long weekend can do to Wall Street's mood? Or is it because Wall Street operators have all gotten some on Valentine's Day that they're still basking in its afterglow? I just wish it were that easy. But no! Just when we thought it couldn't ...

Aberdeen wins NGS and ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has won two Australian fixed interest and global equities mandates from NGS Super and ING IM. The wins include a $150 million fixed income mandate with the Non-Government Schools Superannuation Fund and a sizeable global equities ...

AXA adds 20 funds to APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
AXA Australia has added 20 funds to its approved product list (APL), including those from Aberdeen, Barclays Global Investors and Magellan, to provide a wider choice of index and income funds to financial planners. The AXA APL includes 51 fund managers ...