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Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... though with jobless claims dipping to 469K against expectations of 470K. The small dip in claims strengthened market conviction that the US payrolls report would show a 0.1 per cent increase in the jobless rate to 9.8 per cent in February with jobs shrinking ...

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... grade names, around the BB rating. Massachusetts-based DDJ Capital Management manages the lower tier, using a high conviction approach Sneddon describes as "almost like owning the business". Meanwhile Stone Harbor Investment Partners will invest in emerging ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... It would be a fallacy to extrapolate based on one good trading day. More challenges lie ahead to challenge investor conviction. But looking at the global economy's overall picture, it certainly seems that happy days have returned.

Aberdeen wins NGS and ING mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... Rodriguez. "The ING IM mandate is a testament to the success of our Edinburgh-based Global Equity Team and its high conviction, benchmark unaware approach. This team manages over $20 billion in assets on behalf of clients around the world and has an ...

European and Japanese funds on the outer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... fund keeping its 'three star' rating. BT outsources the management of the funds to MFS International in the UK. "S&P's conviction in the Japan fund has increased due to continued stability in the team and consistent outperformance of the benchmark. Our ...

SSFS ushers Asian Century in $1bn global equities overhaul

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... the core part of their global equities portfolio from 30 per cent to 50 per cent, and awarded new mandates to high conviction fund managers. This year, it awarded a $270 million mandate to Epoch's Global Equity Shareholder Yield Strategy. It also awarded ...

REIT review shows signs of stability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Investments' Aust Property Securities fund's rating remained stable with a 'four stars' rating. The rating reflected conviction in the manager's ability to generate alpha, which in some cases the investment universe has been expanded to include non-A-REIT ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... we've seen the materials and energy sectors holding the market up when it's positive, but there has been very little conviction anywhere else. "It's all over the shop today... We're having considerable problems gaining momentum. "Most of the information ...

IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... ongoing involvement, in conjunction with the positive changes that have been made to the team, has increased S&P's conviction in IML's small cap offerings." Tony Richard-Preston, senior investment manager at IML, said the funds were upgraded after the ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... of the Asian equity markets, the firm chose to review how the funds investment strategy and change it to a more high conviction approach. Halbis Capital Management uses an index relative investment strategy to select stocks whereas Five Oceans adopt ...