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Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... BT Financial Group's multi-manager super funds, has tilted portfolios towards riskier assets to benefit from the stock picking skill of the underlying fund managers. Patrick Farrell, head of investment solutions at Advance, said the firm bought riskier ...

Perennial gains intl insto mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... by seven other portfolio managers, senior analysts and dealers. The fund manager uses a bottom-up, index unaware stock picking strategy and is targeting Asian and European property securities instead of US stocks. "The US is probably is looking pretty ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... relative investment strategy to select stocks whereas Five Oceans adopt a high conviction investment approach to stock picking. He said Five Oceans Asset Management was a perfect fit given former Maple Brown Abbott Asia portfolio manager, Rob Nunley ...

Treasury profits down 57pc but positive outlook

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Asset Management, Orion Asset Management, RARE Infrastructure and Cannae Capital Partners. The group noted IML's stock picking had delivered results, with the fund manager's rating being upgraded and outflows stabilised. Net flows were recorded at RARE ...

Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... not the time to be abandoning active management with the current and foreseeable market conditions set to favour stock picking skill," said Smythe. "While the allure of low cost funds and [exchange traded funds] ETFs may protect margins, in Zenith's ...

S&P raises GSJBW equities rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... on the qualitative input of the two portfolio managers while valuation upside is still determined by individual stock picking. "Hershan doesn't have the funds management experience of many of his competitors however, he's played a pivotal role in turning ...

Comm Bank opens cap protected product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... investments, said investors are seeking capital protection investment products because market volatility is making stock picking difficult. "Capital protection is valuable for investors who would like to return to the share market but who may be too ...

Solaris weathers market fury

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... nine months ago. Denis Donohue, Solaris managing director, said the portfolio, which uses a bottom up fundamental stock picking approach, is underweight listed property trusts and financial stocks and overweight energy and capital sector stocks. He said ...

Bad markets to test boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
It's the right time to search for quality investment boutiques, as investment managers are able to prove their stock picking skills and test their investment strategy against volatile equity markets, according to Russell Investment Group. James McSkimming ...

S&P studies single manager alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... other funds taking their place. The report noted multi strategy funds had "dependable" strategies but suffered from stock picking and constant cost and reward problems. Reflecting the popularity of alternative strategies, income funds, which use short ...