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AMG completes investment in Yacktman

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... approximately $17bn in assets under management. Yacktman seeks to make investments in high-quality businesses at low valuations with the goal of generating out performance over the long term. The firm's two flagship mutual funds, The Yacktman Fund and ...

Investors missing the eurozone silver lining

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Franklin Templeton. "From a bottom-up standpoint, we believe significant investment opportunities still exist in Europe as valuations continue to reflect extreme pessimism, affording little provision for a potentially improving scenario," said Heather ...

Direct super platform targets SMSF exodus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... for a fraction of the cost in addition to the convenience - you don't have to worry about your tax reporting, your valuations and an annual audit - there's no reason for them to leave," Webster said. The pay-off for the reduced cost and convenience for ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... year, understandably, the market's preoccupation was not with fundamentals - things like earnings and cash flows and valuations. Everyone was primarily concerned with big macro factors like the Eurozone crisis, the US debt ceiling and whether China was ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... plug in. But having said that, indications are that there are still plenty of gains in store. Apart from reasonable valuations, there are still many unbelievers yet to be converted. Lipper, a fund tracking firm, reports that around US$3.6 billion flowed ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... in favour of banking stocks ahead of reporting season. The semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. "With banks looking to strip excess Tier 1 cash reserves from their balance sheets, the ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... appetite visibly increased. This has been spurred along by relatively low yields on Australian bonds and attractive valuations on Australian equities, which 64% of managers still believe are undervalued. A-REITs also experienced a surge in positive sentiment ...

Goldman Sachs equities fund awarded AA rating

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... ahead,"said Hershan. "The first is that with expectations having been largely reset in the Australian market, and with valuations continuing to look depressed, an opportunity is emerging in Australian equities. "Clearly the local economy has weakened ...

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... were currently less about economics and more about theology with dividend being are far more suitable method to rate valuations however there are opportunities in some equity markets such as Russia, the Middle East and countries in Peripheral Europe. ...

Frontier appoints new analysts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Security Pricing team. Norman Zhang joins in April from the position of senior analyst at Ernst & Young working in Valuations & Business Modelling, Mergers & Acquisitions Debt Advisory and Operational Transaction Services business units. "Kenny, Vivian ...