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Perpetual hires ex-port manager to equities team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... ran a long/short equity portfolio, predominantly focused on Australia. Prior to Ellerston Capital, he was lead analyst at UBS Investment Bank from 1998 to 2006, covering large and small cap companies across a range of sectors. "Our ability to strategically ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... fixed income investors in 2012, according to both AMP's senior investment strategist and portfolio manager Nader Naeimi and UBS Wealth Management's head of investment strategy George Boubouras. However, a lack of issuance in the corporate bond market ...

UBS: Political turmoil adding to market woes

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... systems, once relatively separate are now closely entwined, with more market volatility the potential result, according to the UBS Investing in 2012 report. Presidential elections in the US, France and Russia along with likely leadership change in China ...

Retail and insto teams combine to drive strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... distribution models. The Commonwealth Bank purchase of listed financial planning network Count Financial last year and the UBS acquisition of ING's Australian investment management arm are indicative of the recent move to consolidate retail-side players ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... turbulent with persistent worries over Europe but the Union will "make up, not break up", according to George Boubouras from UBS. However, investors should remain diversified across all asset classes to protect from "fatigue". George Boubouras, head ...

Franklin Templeton hires ex-INGIM head

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... joining, Howard was with Invesco Asset Management in a similar role and has experience in fixed income portfolio management at UBS Asset Management and Russell Investments. Mathew Sund has joined the firm's Melbourne office as director of fund administration ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Consumer and domestic stocks may be making a comeback as cyclical indicators improve, according to UBS's chief economist. Scott Haslem, chief economist for UBS Investment Bank in Australia discussed the cyclical developments of the local economy in ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Sachs Group Inc. HSBC Holdings Plc JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lloyds Banking Group Plc Morgan Stanley Royal Bank of Scotland Plc UBS AG Wells Fargo & Co. S&P upgraded the ratings of the following institutions: Bank of China Ltd. China Construction Bank Cor ...

UBS GAM scores EUR 500 million mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
UBS Global Asset Management (GAM) has secured a global real estate multi-manager mandate from Germany's largest pension fund, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, valued at around EUR 500 million. Under the mandate, UBS Global Asset Management's Global Real ...

Antares launches inflation-linked fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... protection, as the last 10 years have shown," said Pelosi. The fund is benchmarked against the short duration benchmark of the UBS 0-10 year Government Bond Index which has duration of six years, which Antares said recognises that the greater risk to ...