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Insync targets consumer and healthcare stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
High conviction fund manager Insync is investing in more consumer discretionary and healthcare stocks to deliver returns in the coming year. Monik Kotecha, chief investment officer at Insync Funds Management, said the fund manager is buying global companies ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... for a positive 12-month return....Since 1900, when the market is negative for both January and the first half, full-year returns have been negative 77 percent of the time, with a median loss of 11.7 percent." The S&P 500 fell by 3.7 per cent in January ...

Platforms up 30pc to $391bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
The 90 percentage point turnaround in equity returns in the year to end March has propelled a 30 per cent bounceback in the size of the platform market. According to Rainmaker's recently released Advantage Report, platform FUA climbed back to $392 billion ...

HFA renames to CERTITUDE Global Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... Australia, however, the HFA brand will remain on existing funds. The fund manager will keep its expertise in absolute returns and multi-manager products but will source other products across different asset classes from its sister business, Lighthouse ...

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... major banks. "This presents an exciting opportunity for our members to access deals that will provide attractive, ongoing returns with low risk that they wouldn't get elsewhere." The news about Australian Super's investment in Challenger was first reported ...

Praemium preps more advisers to fee-for-service world

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... away from commissions while also being challenged by clients on the cost of investing in an environment of unpredictable returns, SMARTwrap will meet advisers' demand for a more efficient platform to transition them and their clients into the new regime," ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... than $46 billion from a year prior, with a total shareholder return of over 42 per cent for the year. Total portfolio returns to the shareholder, net of a risk-adjusted hurdle was $35 billion - while group net profit was $5 billion. "Our portfolio has ...

Another LIC fails

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... Equities Fund this morning. Don Christie, chair of the fund, is standing in as interim chief executive while the company returns capital to shareholders. Pereira said the meeting sends a strong signal to other LIC providers that it's very difficult to ...

QIC adopts lifecycle investing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... outcomes for members. Dynamic lifecycle strategies constantly adjust throughout a member's life, focusing on the investment returns required to meet a member's real retirement objectives. QIC managing director lifecycle strategies, Michael Drew, said ...

Telstra unveils defensive growth strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... participate in capital growth through growth assets. The option was launched on 1 July. The objective of the option is to earn returns above cash over the medium term, through exposure to flexible ranges of growth and defensive assets. Chief executive ...