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Challenger welcomes back S&P four stars

... select fund a four star 'new' rating, after management changes caused the funds to slip in 2003. S&P's head of Australian equities, Ramone Eyck, said the Australian equities group at Challenger had held together well and regained the rater's confidence ...

Great Southern a big winner in super rankings

... the first six positions in the rankings. Colonial also leads the rankings for those funds investing in international equities, with their Select Personal Super heading the list. The fund averaged 23.6 per cent per annum over three years and just edged ...

Super funds pile on global equities

Vision Super joins a growing list of super funds that are ramping up their weighting on international equities, supporting recent reports that investors expect potentially higher returns overseas. The steadily depreciating AUD is also fuelling the sentiment ...

S&P appoint ahead of manager review

... 2006 by adding to its fund ratings team and appointing a new associate to lead its March review of the international equities, large cap managers. New fund ratings associate, Marcus Hanel, joins the team from his previous position at MLC where he managed ...

Fidelity drops their investment director

... that it was business as usual with the portfolios continuing to rest in the hands of the head of Fidelity's Australian equities team, Paul Taylor, who has held the position since 2003. "In terms of what we offer, there has been no change at all," he ...

CFS property team jump ship

... the exodus in the wake of Friday's announcement. CFS said the funds will be managed in the interim by the Australian Equities Core Team, headed my Martin Littler. The team previously managed property securities funds prior to the integration of Commonwealth ...

Good year ahead despite lurking threats: ING

... ING. ING investment management's (INGIM) director of investment strategy, Eric Siegloff, says the outlook is good for equities and growth assets. "We enter the year with a sense of optimism rather than pessimism. We expect a sustainable, better than ...

Easy gains over and volatility ahead, warns Oliver

... Australian shares will offer the best and safest fare in 2006, while global shares are "not very attractive." Global equities will return 9 per cent total returns over 2006, predicts Oliver, While Asian, ex Japan, equities will be the strong performer ...

Managers chase offshore bonds

... duration risk. The research reinforces industry consensus views that investment opportunities overseas, be it in bonds or equities, will be the one of the overriding themes of 2006.

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

... November," said Wade McKnight, vice president of Greenwich-Van. The hedge fund market is also still ahead of regular equities market, at least internationally. While the hedge fund index returned 7 per cent year-on-year, the MSCI World Equity Index could ...