Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 761 - 770 of 851 results for "MSC"

CAAM funds awarded 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia's (CAAM) Global Bond fund and Global Emerging Markets fund have gained 'recommended' ratings from research firms. Lonsec rated the firm's global bond fund 'recommended' while Zenith Investment Partners also ...

Martin Currie rakes $500m and growing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Scottish fund manager Martin Currie couldn't have picked the worst time to set up an Australian base but that hasn't stopped them from winning $500 million in new mandates thanks to the track record of their global alpha strategy. In the middle of the ...

Return of the hedge funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Global hedge funds have hit the ground running this year, returning 0.42 per cent in January while the S&P 500 Total Return and MSCI World Equity indices lost more than eight per cent. According to a VanMac report, the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
New research from the Investment Company Institute of Washington has reported that US investors withdrew US$128.7 billion out of managed funds but invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider ...

Principal Global Investors wins $160m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
Principal Global Investors Australia has been awarded a $160 million global equity mandate from Tyndall/Suncorp Investment Management. At the end of last year, Suncorp reshuffled its manager line up of its Investment Management World Equities Trust. ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management has won overseas recognition for its Global Equity 130/30 strategy. The fund manager's Global Equity 130/30 strategy, which is offered in both segregated account and mutual fund formats and available to Australian ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Only half the investment decisions equity fund managers make add value, Inalytics research found. According to research across 215 long only equity portfolios, a 'good' fund manager generates a 51 per cent 'hit-rate', which is one per cent better than ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Aviva's global asset management division is launching three socially responsible investment (SRI) initiatives, including greater corporate voting actions and a renewable energy fund. Aviva Investors annual general meeting (AGM) voting practices will ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...

Intech taps ex-BT head of quant and two QIC staff

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Intech Investments has announced three senior appointments, including former BTIM head of quant Simon Elimelakh as the new head of strategy. The new recruits are Simon Elimelakh as head of strategy, Matthew Tuxford as portfolio manager (Equities and ...