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LICs benefit from FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... quarterly update for June showed there were 73 LICs trading on the stock exchange. They covered Australian and international equities, private equity, corporate bonds and infrastructure. Robinson said there were only three LICs that covered mining, with ...

Planners remain wary of switching cash to equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... in favour of growth assets. Australian shares would be the most common choice for advisers followed by international equities and property securities. Those advisers not looking to rebalance portfolios cited instability and lack of confidence in share ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... individual and create a more balanced portfolio with FUM more evenly divided between Australian equities, 30%, international equities, 31% and cash fixed interest and other assets, 39%. "While general economic conditions here are better than elsewhere ...

nabInvest makes first move in global equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... larger to smaller companies across developed and emerging markets. "We have been looking for a high quality international equities manager for some time and we now have a footprint in a range of major asset classes, including Australian equities, global ...

Cautious bulls predict solid earnings season

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... of handouts were made a few years ago," he said. Grant Cullens, director of Global Value Investors, an international equities specialist, said the gold and silver markets could surprise to the upside with precious metals to be traded on a Chinese exchange. ...

Funds ignoring foreign exchange risk

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... fiduciary duty. "A lot of people still outsource all foreign currency transaction to their custodian, including international equities managers," said Rieck. "Where's their dedication to best practice execution on this? We require best execution when ...

Vanguard loses portfolio manager, retains ratings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Ratings on four Vanguard international equities funds have remained unchanged following the recent departure of portfolio manager Mark Hildebrandt, Standard & Poor's said yesterday. Vanguard's International Shares Index, International Shares Index Hdgd ...

AMP wins $113m new mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser report, there was $246.4 billion worth of funds under management invested in international equities in the December quarter last year. This was only beaten by the $372.8 billion that was allocated to Australian equities, the ...

Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... the asset class research team, bringing 15 years experience to the role where she will be responsible for international equities, infrastructure, Australian equities small caps and Australian and global REITs funds. Previous roles include head and director ...

Russell appoints director amid consulting expansion

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... their pool of intellectual property." Dr Lander, who will be based in Sydney, has previously been head of international equities and diversified assets at Credit Suisse Asset Management and head of research at van Eyk. "Dr Lander has experience as both ...