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Macquarie launches EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... among investors," said Adrian Stewart, head of the Macquarie Professional Series. The strategy employed is based on stock picking, focusing on company strategy within the markets - a more common approach is concentrated region-specific funds. "It is ...

Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... passed, returns expectations will be muted on the up and the downside barring any unforeseen circumstances with stock picking to become the major determinant of outperformance going forward. K2 is an Australian based equity fund manager owned by ASX ...

Alleron wins AustralianSuper mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... growth-biased strategy. "We were impressed with Alleron as a focused, Australian specialist firm with demonstrated stock picking skills and an ability to deliver strong performance over the long term for our members," said Innes McKeand, AustralianSuper's ...

Boutique equities manager wins big Kiwi mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... in Australian equities," he said. The actively managed portfolio will focus on large-cap stocks with a bottom-up stock picking style, he said. Devon Funds Management was reportedly started by principal Paul Glass in 2010.

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... four principals to create shareholder value, regardless of the market environment. Janus is focusing on individual stock picking, building sector not regional portfolios, having a robust, diversified deep portfolio of securities and having an acute awareness ...

Plum pickings in international equities: K2

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... domestic cyclicals could perform well as the US employment picture begins to recover. Griffin described his approach as stock picking, with more of an emphasis on growth than value. "We focus on areas in the market where earnings growth is strongest ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... year, Pohl said that the disaster will have minimal impact on Hyperion's investment plans, due to its 'bottom up' stock picking approach. Solaris Investment Management, another Brisbane-based fund manager, hopes to return to its offices, which were subject ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... BT Financial Group's multi-manager super funds, has tilted portfolios towards riskier assets to benefit from the stock picking skill of the underlying fund managers. Patrick Farrell, head of investment solutions at Advance, said in June that the firm ...

Asia to reap $75bn windfall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... Potential bubbles in Asia also play on Series' investment strategy, which is a reason he employs a bottom-up approach to stock picking and is ultra selective of which stocks to hold. For instance, 8IP speaks to around 50 companies a month, but so far ...

Arnhem wins OptiMix mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... the Australian equities space, said ING. OptiMix's favours managers with plausible investment strategies, strong stock picking and portfolio design skills, stable and experienced management teams and strong track records, among others. The OptiMix team ...