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AMP Capital recruits State Street portfolio manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... market conditions." At State Street, Pinnuck was the lead portfolio manager for the firm's managed volatility, high conviction and short enabled funds. He was also closely involved with Asia Pacific equity strategies. Before this, Pinnuck worked at Goldman ...

van Eyk adds UBS-HALO to the Blueprint Australian Shares Fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Fund to van Eyk's Blueprint Australian Shares Fund is part of plans to move more of the fund into concentrated, high conviction strategies, according to the company. Head of ratings at van Eyk, Matthew Olsen, said he was impressed by the depth of UBS-HALO's ...

S&P upgrades Invesco Asian Consumer Demand fund

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... stability in fund structure, and a longer and more consistent performance track record, before gaining a higher-level of conviction in the fund and its ability to regularly outperform," said Nathan Bode, S&P fund analyst.

Sigma FM joins forces with Pinnacle

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... large-cap and small-cap Australian equity strategies, as well as an innovative 'Select' strategy that blends the highest conviction stock positions from the boutique manager's large and small cap teams. Sigma director Stephen Guibin said the time was ...

Lonsec hands Solaris top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... accountability and alignment of interest with investors." For the third consecutive time Lonsec has maintained its conviction that the fund "can achieve its objectives and outperform its peers over an appropriate timeframe." Solaris is led by managing ...

Citi mandates Fidessa for global derivatives platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... with Citi's existing internal back office business systems. "This partnership is tangible validation of our focus and conviction in bringing Fidessa's industrial-strength platform and precision- based delivery model to the derivatives marketplace," said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Adrian Leppinus said trading volumes had dropped off significantly since a surge in value at the open, with little conviction among buyers. Turnover was 1.03 billion shares changing hands for $3.71 billion, with about 17 shares rising for every two that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... lacklustre demand for Italian bonds at an auction on Tuesday was indicative of the mood of the market. "There's no real conviction in the market at the moment. Everyone is just sitting on the sidelines waiting for what will happen next week at the FOMC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... jobs as part of a cost-cutting global restructure. Local investors will likely remain cautious and do not show much conviction to buy stocks despite great value across the market, Mr Esho said. Energy stocks rose 1.5 per cent, outperforming other sectors ...

Littler departure puts CFSGAM fund on hold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... team's long-short capability," said Michael Armitage, analyst, S&P Fund Services. "As the lead portfolio manager, our conviction was largely attributed to his experience and shorting capability, something that is not fully evident as yet with regards ...