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INVESCO Asian fund placed on hold

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... "Shum is considered a significant departure, for he is highly experienced and acts as much in the capacity of a head of equities as a chief investment officer. This departure raises questions concerning the stability of the team, because it follows the ...

Tyndall, Suncorp restructure investment ops

... newly formed investment manager. They will, however, keep separate offices in Sydney and Brisbane and will also keep the equities teams and their investing styles separate, he said. "It's our intention to, in essence, integrate the businesses and obviously ...

SELECT scores four stars for diversified funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
... consistent over time and less sensitive to equity market returns, as there is greater scope to shift to other investments when equities fall." The funds' absolute return focus means assets have a significantly lower correlation to traditional asset classes ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... September share price index contract was 23 points lower to 6383 on a volume of 6,411 contracts. Intersuisse director of equities Andrew Sekely said the catalyst for the lower market seemed to be a fall in the share price of mining giant BHP Billiton. ...

State Street's 130/30 funds gain $10bn Edge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... the New York Times saying "funds using this strategy seem to be multiplying almost daily." Managing director of global equities at SSgA, Arlene Rockefeller, said the funds provided "a significant increase in expected returns with a small or potentially ...

ING begins filling small caps vacancies

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has announced a new small cap portfolio manager for its Australian equities team, filling one of the vacancies left by the previous team's defection to Credit Suisse. Former Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) small companies ...

No multi-sector managers deserve five-stars: S&P

... strong across all the underlying asset classes they invest in. For example, some may have an excellent track record in equities but not in bonds and alternatives, or vice versa. Secondly, Hannel added, "No managers illustrated that they can add value ...

Grange plays down Lehman connection for now

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... Westpac's Richard Ash to head its real estate finance division, UBS' Matt Coren to head investment banking, and boosted its equities and investment management teams with hirings from Deutsche Bank and Allianz Global Investors. More are on the way. For ...

FF enters market but quietly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... equivalent to 15 per cent of the company until they come off escrow in November next year, the Future Fund holds as many equities by value as Vanguard. This would make the Future Fund the third largest passive investment manager in Australia if they ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... sub-advisory being up 43 per cent and multi-management now amounting to $290 billion. Continued stellar returns from Australian equities has, however, resulted in the sector experiencing its tenth consecutive net-outflow as performance-driven asset value ...