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Former BlackRock director joins Atchison

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Atchison Consultants has appointed former BlackRock Investment Management director Amos Hill as a senior consultant. Hill's responsibilities will cover fund establishment, investment classes, product development and market research and analysis. Hill ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

A-REITS rewarded for cleaning up act

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
Australian listed property funds have been rewarded for repairing their balance sheets and simplifying their capital structures with robust performance and strong inflows over the last 12-18 months, according to research house Lonsec. The Australian ...

Zenith recommends BT alpha fixed interest fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
BT Investment Management's (BTIM's) Pure Alpha Fixed Income Fund has been given the 'recommended' rating by investment researcher Zenith Investment Partners. The fund invests mainly in the Australian and New Zealand fixed interest markets, predominantly ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... by raising taxes elsewhere or limiting spending somewhere else. We can debate the pros and cons of this plan but only the ALP and the Coalition and the Greens would give two hoots about this at this juncture - oh sorry, they are already making so much ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Consolidation within the superannuation industry and the subsequent creation of mega funds is forcing chief investment officers to rethink their strategies, threatening to kill off institutional access to nimble boutique managers. Smaller funds are ...

HUB24 adds Perpetual SMA to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The HUB24 platform has added Perpetual Investments to its list of Separately Managed Account (SMA) managers. The Perpetual Direct Equity Alpha Portfolio is now available through the HUB24 platform. Perpetual joins HUB24, which has over 150 of SMA managed ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... character. Can a leopard really change its spots into a zebra? One thing for sure though, Australians all would not want the ALP to do what it's done to itself and to them baby one more time.

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
As emerging markets (EMs) shift emphasis from exports to consumption, some of the highest yields may come from the provision of services, according to Niall Paul, a UK-based partner at high alpha specialist wealth manager TT International (TT). "As ...

Legg Mason $100m mandates add to IOOF value approach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
IOOF's decision to award Legg Mason $100 million across two mandates was based on a desire to differentiate its offering from other manager and supplement existing out-of-favour value strategies, said IOOF chief investment officer Steve Merlicek. IOOF ...