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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Decisions, decisions. Wall Street closed higher overnight but why do I get a feeling that there's little conviction behind the move? You'll feel the same way too baby if like many investors these days you're looking at the market's performance since ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... speculation that the US Federal Reserve would now be forced to open the money floodgates very, very soon have now turned into conviction. Wall Street is assured. Just look at the Dow -- it breached 11,000 points last Friday. And long-term US interest ...

Doing good pays off for Christian Super

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
Christian Super, whose funds all adhere to ethical investment guidelines, said it is benefiting from the increasing desire of Australians to see their super contributions invested responsibly. "As a Christian superannuation fund, we're committed to ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... means to invest in private equity, in timber for example. "What it does is integrate these factors across your whole conviction on managers and the due diligence process - we can then go out and actively consider investments where you get an environment ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... said an investment expert. "I don't think we have a bubble yet," said Samantha Ho, investment director at Invesco. Her conviction comes from a combination of factors - tightening government policy on home ownership, China's savings, and home ownership ...

Titanium challenges rating

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... strategy relies on pre-doctoral research and unaudited paper-trading results, which fail to provide us with sufficient conviction. The paper-trading results are notionally favourable, but our view is further undermined by the fact that the fund has failed ...

S&P reinstates ratings on AMP funds

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... "While we acknowledge Athukorala has experience in managing multi-manager portfolios, we would like to gain further conviction in his ability to manage a responsible investment strategy in the Australian and international equities sectors," said S&P ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... Jakov Males manages the fund and is also the portfolio manager for UBS's High Alpha Long Term Opportunity Fund, a high conviction concentrated Australian equities fund. In late 2009, Males was joined by dedicated real estate securities analyst Vinay ...

ING Aussie eq fund gets three stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Australian Equity Fund. The fund is a long-only active manager that uses fundamental stock selection to construct a high-conviction portfolio. "Though the fund has a relatively short performance history, portfolio manager Gian Pandit is well regarded," ...

Aubrey opens local fund

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... local fund that mirrors its UK-based global equities strategy through its partner, Treasury Group. The Aubrey Global Conviction fund is a highly concentrated portfolio of 40-50 international stocks. The fund replicates the existing Aubrey UK fund, which ...