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All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... the last quarter of 2008 nor that it was the worst outcome since the last recession in 1991 shook financial markets' conviction that the domestic economy will be right, mate! This is because of three things: The big fall in the March quarter had been ...

Fourth CFS mandate awarded

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... allocation in the coming months. "There are a number of institutions that are very interested in H20, they have high conviction in the capabilities of the team." "We have been representing H2O for and are very pleased to have secured this first mandate ...

Hyperion scoops $600m mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... investor. The Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) awarded Hyperion a $600 million mandate for their High Conviction Large Cap Australian strategy in March 2011. Cbus said it was delighted with their new appointment. "The appointment ...

van Eyk drops AXA Bernstein for Sigma

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... managers in the Australian shares space) allows the van Eyk Blueprint Australian Shares Fund to capitalise on a higher conviction strategy whilst complementing the existing managers within the portfolio," said Lemon. Sigma, which has a team of six portfolio ...

Goldman Sachs downgraded but fixed interest pays

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... was downgraded from four stars to three stars due to "a number of factors which in aggregate have reduced our overall conviction," said S&P. The research house rated 18 Australian fixed interest, credit and high yield income offerings, assigning one ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... pickers. Rui Fernandes, senior investment analyst for Lonsec, said only 172 companies were chosen to fill the 260 highest conviction positions across the 26 portfolios. There are 1500 possible choices in the MSCI World Index. Favourite stocks included ...

Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... commodities space for institutional investors." Sneddon said Russell combed the globe for the best managers and had high conviction in Jefferies, so that when a strategy became available that matched their risk-return profile, they switched. Sneddon ...

MLC property fund downgraded

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... property securities fund portfolio manager," said Peter Ward, analyst, S&P Fund Services. S&P noted that it expects conviction in the fund to grow as Keighran settles into the new role. "His strong investment experience will stand him in good stead ...

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... long one so there is still upside on the Australian dollar," he added. The Dalton Nicol Reid Australian Equities High Conviction portfolio has outperformed the ASX200 by 7.6% over the last 6 months to the end of March. "We went against the prevailing ...

Senior departures at Acadian

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... is rated at two stars. S&P fund ratings are awarded from five stars (high) to one star (low) to reflect the level of conviction that the manager will consistently generate risk-adjusted fund returns in excess of relevant investment objectives and peers. ...