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UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... and that all elements of the system were at fault, notably politicians and regulators, we have also accepted that institutional shareholders could have done more," he said. He pointed to the UK's new Stewardship Code, which encourages fund managers to ...

Contango clients top up mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Contango Asset Management's institutional clients have been topping up their small cap investment mandates as the sector's benchmark returned 63 per cent in the year to February. David Stevens, managing director at Contango Asset Management, said more ...

Insto investors win from govt Chi-X approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... government's in-principle approval of Chi-X Australia not only heralds greater market competition but big savings for institutional investors. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, backed greater competition ...

Fairview small caps strategy gains traction

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... The fund is available to retail investors but Adams said there's a possibility of broadening its client base to institutional investors. However, he said the fund must remain small enough to be able to access very small market cap stocks. "We want to ...

Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... remaining. Manny Pohl, managing director at Hyperion, said the strategy has attracted interest from a number of institutional investors. "With strong interest in Hyperion's funds management capabilities, one may be tempted to continue to take funds above ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed Andrew Phillips as director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Prior to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia ...

K2 wins dealer group mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... has won a number of financial planning dealer group mandates for its Australian equities fund, and a $20 million institutional mandate for its international equities strategy in the past five months. Andrew Hall, head of distribution at K2 Asset Management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... finish on Wall Street and concerns about Greece's financial troubles gave investors a reason to sell. IG Markets institutional dealer Chris Weston said some investors were looking for a reason to take profits as the broad-market indices pushed towards ...

PM Capital eyes insto market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... investors but we want to expand that." Donohoe said the main reason the fund manager hasn't tried too hard to gain more institutional clients previously is due to resources. "We've got limited resources and when we started the business, we focused on ...

Global instos flock to Asian infrastructure

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... fund, one of the largest dedicated Asian infrastructure funds in the world, has closed with over $900 million from institutional investors including Australia. The fund targets a range of infrastructure assets including toll roads, transportation assets ...