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REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... According to Damian Hill, chief executive of REST, the fund is increasingly moving into Aussie shares, international equities and credit markets to increase their growth exposure and position the fund for better returns over the next three to five years. ...

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... other investment professionals. Zenith Investment Partners said the fund could complement an investors international equities exposure, adding an allocation up to 10 per cent within a broader international equities portfolio should enhance long term ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... shares with the market tracking ability of index funds. These benefits prompted a massive switch to ETFs in international equities markets in 2008. Net inflows into ETFs worldwide totalled an estimated US$214.8 billion last year. In contrast, net funds ...

Strike equities now: JANA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... advising its clients, which control a combined $135 billion in assets, to pump funds back into domestic and international equities while the markets are trading near record lows. JANA, which advises 71 institutional clients with total assets of $134.8 ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Sam Sicilia, said the fund is not hiring or terminating investment mandates at this time, including any international equities mandates. "We really need to remember that the primary focus of Australian superannuation funds is to provide a dignified retirement ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... Rounding up the list were Investors Mutual (Domestic equities - small caps), Platinum Asset Management (International Equities), ING Investment Management (Listed Property), Solaris (Emerging Fund Manager) and UBS International Equities (Most Improve ...

Westscheme spends cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... available for investments, the funds are put into different asset classes such as Australian equities, international equities and property. "We're a long term investor and we invest money according to that strategy - we're not doing tactical asset allocation," ...

AUSCOAL appoints $140m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Coal industry fund AUSCOAL Super has awarded LSV Asset Management with a $140 million international equities mandate. According to Jennifer McSpadden, strategic marketing manager of the $4.6 billion fund, the discrete $140 million was invested in international ...

BT unveils manager line up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... strategy via a rigorous multi-manager approach. The portfolio managers are: Australian Equities: Dustin Adams International Equities: Mark Vrkic Fixed Interest: Andrew Dowie Property: Dimitra Voutas Alternative Assets: Chris Thompson Other key senior ...

Full steam ahead for Aberdeen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... house Standard & Poor's placed 29 Credit Suisse funds "on hold", including products across Australian and international equities, local and international fixed interest, and multi sector funds. However, Bill Bovingdon, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset ...