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Asset Super completes intl mandates review

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... made sweeping changes to its international equities and bonds mandates, dropping seven out of eight international equities fund managers and appointing nine new mandates across both asset classes. Asset Super has discontinued mandates with Capital International ...

Netwealth drops 13 funds from menu

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... downturn. In addition to the UBS and BT funds, three Becton Australian property funds, a Multiplex international equities fund and Invesco's wholesale Asia Ex-Japan fund were also dropped from the menu.

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... 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 Depot ...

CORRECTION: Aberdeen takes on 30 Credit Suisse staff

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Aberdeen has recruited 30 staff from Credit Suisse and approximately $13 billion in assets under management after the acquisition of certain assets and business of Cerdit Suisse's Global Investors division. Aberdeen said it is bringing over 30 Credit ...

Pinnacle to distribute Capital International

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... shareholder Wilson HTM Investment Group, will establish and administer the retail version of the Capital International Equities Fund, both hedged and unhedged. The deal follows a decision by Aberdeen International to internally manage Credit Suisse's ...

K2 hires Reddaway

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
K2 Asset Management has appointed Nick Reddaway as an international equities fund manager. Reddaway has a background in international markets and long-short funds, having previously worked in London with Blue Crest, Lazard Asset Management and Schroders. ...

AUI and Wingate form JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... private investment and advisory firm Wingate Group are embarking on a joint venture to form a boutique international equities fund manager. Subject to unit holder approval, the joint venture will see AUI take over the management of the Wingate Opportunity ...

Int'l equities full of quality: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
A Standard & Poor's international equities review found more than half of the funds had achieved either four or five star ratings. The report analysed 62 large cap and nine small cap international equities funds and found six had been awarded five star ...

Macq launches retail fusion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
Riding on the popularity of its Fusion Fund series, Macquarie Financial Products Management has released another version, but this time available to retail investors. The product is open until November 30 and consists of 22 underlying managed funds ...

Ignore global benchmarks: Aberdeen

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... portfolio is not diversified in an absolute sense," he said. For this reason, he said, Aberdeen's International Equities Fund threw away global benchmark weightings. "As of December 2006 we were 18 per cent weighted to the US, and you compare that against ...