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Integrity wins $190m United mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
United Funds Management has awarded Integrity Investment Management with a $190 million Australian equities mandate following the termination of its deal with MIR. Australian Wealth Management-owned UFM, which had $6.1 billion in funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... economics news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases national accounts data for the June quarter. In equities, ANZ Banking Group chief executive Mike Smith addresses an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce business luncheon on "Reflections ...

Boost allocation to top active managers: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... paper, Why the financial crisis has made markets less efficient, by Andrew Jackson, director of research in Australian equities at Barclays Global Investors, found active managers will have some of the best opportunities to add alpha in the next one ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... those that are non-investment grade - and mortgage securities to clients' portfolios, as some offer better returns than equities in the short to medium term. Debt, including corporate debt, appears to be the flavour of the year as large institutional ...

Trust in escrow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... looking to buy investments in the current market. "If you think about the industry, a lot of them are investing in direct equities, infrastructure, property and so forth. There's a lot of counterparty risk involved there because there are good value ...

Asset completes investment review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... last stage of its investment restructuring process, including changes to the fund's cash, international and Australian equities, alternative and international fixed interest mandates. Recently, the trustees approved Mercer's recommendation to transition ...

UK pensions seek to award $400m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Australian fund managers with international equities expertise should pay attention to three UK pension funds, which are looking to dish out more than $400 million in international shares and index-linked gilts mandates. England's Falkirk Council is ...

Market recovery emphasises quality managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... more vigilant when choosing a managed Australian equity fund. Rainmaker data found the average top 50 active Australian equities fund lost over 2 per cent while the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index lost over 10 per cent over a year to July. But the devil ...

Bigger doesn't always mean better

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... portfolio. McMenigall said for instance Aberdeen currently employs six "regional teams" to work on its international equities fund, which are US, UK, Europe, Asia, Japan and Germany. "Each of these regional teams are putting in place an unconstrained ...

Recovery is too fast, too furious: IML

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... the shape of recovery because US and Australian household debt levels remain high, there could be a strong headwind for equities as people increase their savings. IML is still cautious on local banks even though many of the country's biggest banks remain ...