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Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Zenith Investment Partners adds former Future Fund equities head to its fold as part of its new appointments as the group plans further expansion. Bronwen Moncrieff has joined Zenith as senior investment analyst within the asset class research team ...

Russell appoints director amid consulting expansion

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Russell Investment Consulting has appointed Dr Jerome Lander as its new director of consulting. Dr Lander, former chief investment officer at Workcover NSW, will be responsible for providing investment strategy and implementation services to Russell's ...

Fundamental indexing isn't

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Fundamental indexing, when fund managers pick stocks based on market indicators other than market capitalisation, is just a disguised form of active management, said Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard. While traditional indexing assigns ...

Russell funds get stars

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
The Russell Australian After Tax Fund has been assigned a four-star 'NEW' rating by Standard & Poor's (S&P) and its Russell Enhanced Income Shares Fund has been awarded a three-star 'NEW' rating by the research and ratings house. The Russell Australian ...

ETFs report wafer thin trading volumes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) ASX market capitalisation is up 44 per cent in the last 12 months to $4.7 billion but their trading volumes are still microscopically thin. Figures just released in the ASX Listed Managed Investments monthly update for May ...

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
AQR Capital Management, Hunter Hall Investment Management and Russell Investment Management have all received ratings boosts. The AQR Wholesale Managed Futures 1P Fund, an alternative strategy product focused on thematic futures received a four star ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Former Keating adviser and current State Super Trustee chair Don Russell is heading back to Canberra to run a commonwealth government department. Russell is also chair of the LUCRF industry fund investment committee and was formerly BNY Mellon Asset ...

Russell adds to industry funds consultancy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Russell Investments plans to help industry and government funds retain members with the appointment of a new director and the launch of an additional consulting service. Michael Clarke joins Russell as managing director, industry and government funds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Australian stocks were trading lower at noon, extending losses from the open with the financial sector under selling pressure due to concerns about European sovereign debt. At 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.7 points, or 0.49 per ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Ratings agencies this week left fund managers alone but focused on the banks. Standard and Poor's yesterday left its rating on AMP Capital Core Property Fund unaffected after the resignation of Michael Winnel, the assistant fund manager. Winnel will ...