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Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... through the Bunnings numbers, Home Depot numbers and video games sales." This is why K2 Select, the fund's international equities fund, invests in stocks that taps into this trend such as gaming stocks Nintendo and Activision Blizzard, DIY stocks Home ...

FX trader guilty of $360k fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... financial advantage for himself worth $30,000 and six charges of dishonestly gaining a financial advantage for Arafura Equities Pty Ltd (Arafura) worth $330,000. His plea follows ASIC's investigation into the scheme which was operated by Arafura from ...

Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Local Government Super (LGS) has changed the manager line up of its $990 million international equities portfolio to suit a "core and satellite" approach, and it plans to do the same with its $1 billion Australian equities portfolio next. Peter Lambert ...

S&P retains 'five stars' rating on Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Standard & Poor's has kept the 'five stars' rating on the Capital International Global Equities fund. The firm previously rated the fund 'five stars' but the fund needed to be re-rated after a change in distribution partners. The fund was previously ...

Avoiding the black swan

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... this year, despite the GFC. Garvy said that the strategy, as the name suggests, suits an institutional investor's core equities allocation, mainly because the fund has a strong track record of delivering consistent outperformance, instead of extreme ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... run so there was an expectation things would slow down a little bit, and it has," ABN Amro Morgans Brisbane director of equities Bill Chatterton said. "All the four major banks are down and the slightly negative theme is also across the materials sector." ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... boutique investment managers, Newton Investment Management Limited and Walter Scott & Partners Limited, to manage global equities ex-Japan. The two individual mandates will be managed by members of the global equity teams at Newton, based in London and ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... will see the firm distribute its products on the AMP SMA platform. AMP investors are now able to access three Australian equities portfolios - the MAx Incrementus, MAx ProVentus and MAx Virtus funds - and a listed property trust through the AMP platform. ...

VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Management Corporation (VFMC) took the full brunt of the stockmarket slump when it posted a 28 per cent loss in its Australian equities portfolio for the financial year to 31 March - and a 29 per cent loss in international equities over the same period. ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... worse. But what is important is that the unknown unknown is slowly becoming a known unknown. Wall Street is happy. US equities have recouped all their 2009 losses and rose to a four-month high last night. The VIX index - or fear index - has fallen to ...