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Linear launches enhanced MA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... Financial is touting the LMA as an alternative to many SMA products, which can traditionally only invest in Australian equities. The LMA can provide diversification across international equities, Australian equities, fixed interest, property and cash. ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... Consultants as its proxy voting advisor in Asia. PIRC is also used for UniSuper's proxy voting for US, UK and European equities.

Hyperion appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... has almost 20 years experience in the finance industry, working at McIntosh and Company across derivative products and equities before it was taking over by Merrill Lynch in 1997 and later joined Ernst & Young in 2003 in its risk and technology division. ...

BTIM remodels AQR mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has altered its international equities mandate with AQR Capital Management, dropping the fund manager's currency and country selection strategies. AQR historically provided active returns across currency management, country ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... contract was down 146 points, or 4.3 per cent, at 3252 points on volume of 15,563 contracts. ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said there had been tumbles in the resources and financial sectors. "It's just more of the same: the Dow ...

Investors gain precious metal alternative

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... open-ended securities that can be created and redeemed anytime and track the price of precious metal instead of a basket of equities. Each ETC is backed by physical allocated metal that is held by HSBC, which holds more than $30 billion in precious metals ...

Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... replication engine. Instead, Quattro Asset Management is focusing on buying a stake in short bias long short Australian equities strategies, global equities long-only unhedged strategies or single manager multi strategy hedge funds, said Adiseshan. He ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... contract was down 109 points, or 3.08 per cent, at 3435 points on a volume of 20,887 contracts. Intersuisse director of equities Andrew Sekely said Thursday was another weak day despite a minor recovery. "All one can say is that it has come off its bottom ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... was down 165 points at 3,379. In news this Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its November bulletin. In equities, SP AusNet Ltd is due to release interim results. Companies holding annual general meetings inclue Fortescue Metals Group ...

Præmium to add wrap client

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... (SMA) technology to the platform. The 'heads of agreement' deal means Powerwrap's platform can provide access to direct equities administration and take on the operator role of a SMA product that uses PrA|mium's SMA technology. The deal will complement ...