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Powerwrap goes live

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... administration platform, V-Wrap - provides custodial holdings for managed funds, and non-custodial holdings of direct equities and cash within a single consolidated account. Andrew Varlamos, chief executive of Powerwrap, said the firm was already working ...

Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... economy, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). The UK-based AIC canvassed the opinion of Japan equities fund managers before the election results were announced and found that the new government, headed by incoming PM Yukio Hatoyama ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... institutional and retail clients across a variety of strategies, including private equity, hedge fund of funds, listed equities and fixed income. Win J. Neuger will continue to act as chief executive of the new business, while the existing management ...

Asian equities approach fair value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... planners may want to reassess their clients allocation to Asia's emerging markets as one investment specialist reckons Asian equities are no longer cheap. Stuart James, senior investment specialist at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Asia's long-term ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... in the red. In comparison, despite the recent precipitous drop on Wall Street last year, Americans who bought into US equities on the day the Nikkei was at its highest are still enjoying a handsome 189 per cent gain nearly twenty years later. This is ...

AQR launches hedge fund beta strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... provides exposure to traditional hedge fund investment approaches that provide an expected return which is not correlated to equities and other asset classes. "We believe these hedge fund betas explains most of hedge funds' diversifying returns. Lifting ...

MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
... fund, MAP Super is increasing the diversification of its multi-asset pools by investing in assets other than traditional equities and listed property. MAP is looking to include infrastructure, private equity, hedge funds and unlisted assets such as property ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is expected to fall after US equities declined on a report that showed more people lost their jobs than expected. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 17 points lower at ...

Maritime awards $155m to equities managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Maritime Super's review of its Australian and international equities managers has resulted in Northcape Capital, T. Rowe Price and Ironbridge picking up investment mandates - but two existing fund managers have been dropped. The $2.4 billion fund's ...

S&P withdraws six ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... Investors funds at the request of fund managers. The ratings firm withdrew the 'four stars' rating on the MIR Australian Equities Fund Class A, an Australian equities large cap fund and the 'three stars' rating on the Legg Mason Tactical Asset Allocation ...