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Funds want better EMs access

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Growing appetite for emerging market investment is pushing super funds to think differently about how to gain access to the sector, said Bruce Murphy, managing director BNY Mellon Asset Management in Australia. International equities now make up 23 ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers, new research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum ...

Blue chips back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... institutional investors. Howitt does not manage any Australian-domiciled funds or mandates. The Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, managed by Taylor, has $1.45 billion in assets and returned 43.38 per cent in the year to 31 December. This is above the ...

No easy gains in Indian equities: Pereira

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... returned the strongest gains in Asia last year, said one fund manager. John Pereira, managing director at India Equities Fund, said the Indian market posted the third strongest market in the world behind Russia and Brazil with the Sensex Index returning ...

BNP Paribas merges with Fortis IM Aust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... funds management expertise in Australian Equities and Global Real Estate. Fortis Investment Partners, the Australian equities fund manager currently 40 per cent owned by Fortis Investment Management Australia, will become one of the 26 specialist partners ...

Add some sugar, then blend

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
Fidelity International has launched three online applications that can help financial advisers compare how their client's investment returns could change depending on the mix of managed funds, or exposure to China and India, within their portfolios. ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
International equities fund manager, Wingate Asset Management, has appointed former ANZ Bank chief economist Saul Eslake to the investment advisory committee. Eslake was chief economist for 15 years at ANZ Bank and, prior to that, worked as chief economist ...

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... banks, the big oil companies, the big retailers and the big telcos, you'll do fine," he said. T. Rowe Price's global equities fund available in Australia has a 19 per cent allocation to emerging markets, some 6 per cent more than its benchmark (the MSCI-All ...

GSJBWAM Aussie equities wins rating upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... this provides significant momentum for our business," said Gardner. Standard & Poor's also upgraded the Australian equities fund from 'two stars' to 'three stars' and Morningstar upgraded its rating on the fund from 'on hold' to 'investment grade'. The ...

Solaris wins CFS mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Solaris Investment Management has been awarded a mandate by Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstChoice Boutique Australian Share Fund. The mandate takes Solaris's funds under management to $3.4 billion since inception in January 2008. Denis Donohue, managing ...