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Instos pour $370m into Apostle fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... Apostle managing director Karyn West. Boston-based Kevin Perry, portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles & Co, said that the returns from senior bank loans trading around 90 to 93 cents in the dollar offer significant opportunities for medium to long term ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... and common shares. Dividends will cease on the common stock. The GSE's will no longer be managed to maximise shareholder returns. While Treasury is assured of a quarterly dividend payment and a 10 per cent yield on its preferred stock holdings (again ...

Boutique incubators work best: Russell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... record. When a firm sets up, almost the only thing on their mind is investment performance. They have a cultural focus on returns, generating returns to build a track record," he said. Russell employs an "incubator" strategy to its funds, which involves ...

Schroder's fund gets Lonsec nod

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... broad range of small companies specifically seeking out undervalued companies with the potential to deliver sustainable returns on capital, relative to their cost of capital and other companies," said Schroder in a statement. Lonsec tags Schroder's investment ...

Retail fund FUM drops $12bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... 19.9 per cent to $592 million and $884 million respectively. "Following the trend, you would probably expect investment returns to stabilise a bit," said Daniel Morris, Plan for Life senior manager. In contrast, retirement income funds overall managed ...

Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... recognised at the event suggests that amid the disaster, there are those that stayed true-to-label, delivering positive returns while the markets are down. "We do what hedge funds are supposed to do, which is actually to make money in negative markets," ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... time," said Wong. "However, investors should be aware that short term market volatility may negatively impact investment returns in the short term. The best approach, in our view, is to gradually build up an exposure in this sector."

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... market doldrums should look no further than Aurora's Sandringham Dividend Income trust. Sandringham's low double-digit returns may have been ho-hum during the bull years but this year's 12.76 per cent gain makes it a better play than most. According ...

AUSfund posts zero pc crediting rate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... AUSfund's ongoing competitive investment performance over one, three and five year and stands up very well against the returns of both the ERF sector and the negative returns being experienced across retail, corporate and not for profit funds," he said. ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... the fund more aggressively to retail and insto investors. "Even if the markets are difficult right now to get positive returns out of equities, we're probably 65 to 70 per cent through the troubles that the global financial environment have been in since ...