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HSBC wins Ascalon mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... range of funds including seven distinct investment management firms, across alternatives, Australian and international equities. Ascalon invests in boutique funds management firms including Arkx Investments, H3 Global Investments and Continuum Capital ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... the average Australian super fund by 50 per cent, buoyed by a portfolio that is heavily biased towards international equities - and arguably by keeping a close eye on ESG. The fund returned 15.45 per cent over the 2009/2010 financial year, after fees ...

S&P withdraws sell rating on 452 funds

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... Integrity Investment Management is the new investment manager for the Australian Share strategy and the CFS Core Australian equities team has been appointed to manage the Geared Australian Share strategy. "We are currently reviewing these capabilities ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... "Certainly from a supply perspective, it's back to what it has been historically with about $200 billion worth of lendable equities," said Martin. But the demand for stock loans had not recovered in the same way, he said. This was partially a consequence ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... domestically sourced FUM grew to more than $4.4 billion, from about $2.4 billion in the preceding year. The Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, was established in June 2003, and is managed by managed by Paul Taylor, who uses Fidelity's "bottom up stock ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... between the gloom and doomers and those saying, "she'll be right mate!" But while risk assets hate volatility - bad for equities -- those in tune with the Fed's and the Obama administration's current way of thinking would have noted by now that the odds ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... as they hold the key to understanding financial asset price movements. And right now, the major trend is the uptake of equities over cash and bonds, he said at the 2010 Asgard Investor Forum earlier this week. "For the first time in over four years ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
European investors are leading the charge into Asian equities, according to Fidelity executives. "Based on money flows we have seen, Europeans are more bullish than Asians on equity markets in general," said Fidelity Australia's managing director, Gerard ...

AIST research exposes flaws in asset-based fee model

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... particularly indexed portfolios. In its official response to the Cooper Review panel, the AIST argues that fees for index equities mandates "should recognise that fund manager's costs are not size related", and that fees for Australian equities index ...

Century replaces 452 Capital with Perennial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... (CYA) has appointed Perennial Value Management as the interim manager replacing 452 Capital for the firm's Australian equities portfolio. According to a press statement, CYA received proposals from various fund managers for 452 Capital's replacement ...