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Franklin Templeton acquires Balanced Equity, plans new fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... similar values, particularly around the importance of ESG and after tax investment philosophies. Sisson said that his company would benefit from a reduced compliance and administration burden within a larger corporation, while maintaining its standalone ...

HFA's Lighthouse wins $500m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... mandate, positioning the firm to further advance in the global pension fund space. HFA Holdings, an Australian holding company for an industry-leading network of global fund managers, said the mandate came from a large US-based pension plan and will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... this week offsetting gains in power companies, which rose on a minister's call for the restart of nuclear reactors. Power company shares rose in Tokyo after Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said on Saturday that government inspections showed all nuclear power ...

Advance Asian equity fund on hold as personnel changes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... departures from its manager, Lion Global Investors (LGI). Janet Liem, LGI's head of Asia-pacific equities team has left the company, as has Tan Jenn Yee, portfolio manager of the Asian Equity Wholesale Fund. According to S&P, that takes the total of ...

ASIC fee changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... the March quarter Consumer Price Index. Starting in the new financial year, any application to register an Australian company (proprietary company that has share capital) will cost $426, up from $412. Changing a company now has risen from $340 to $351 ...

UBS adds gas to global infra fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... Asset Management has added to its infrastructure and private equity portfolio with the acquisition of a Norwegian gas company. Njord Gas Infrastructure, which is 82 per cent owned by UBS International Infrastructure Fund, has closed a deal to buy an ...

Credit Suisse global appointments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... commodities in August this year. His previous experience includes head of trading and supply at LITASCO for Russian oil company, Lukoil. In the London-based role, Hawkins will develop the bank's commodities business and report to co-heads of global securities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... procurement. Shares in QBE Insurance Group Ltd fell almost four per cent to their lowest in over six months after the company cut the forecast for insurance profit margins because of the occurrence of catastrophes. At 1030 AEST QBE shares were 69 cents ...

Fundamental indexing isn't

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... return at the lowest cost possible." In contrast, Sauter said fundamental indexing forces managers to take tilts using company metrics that overweight on smaller companies and this makes it a de facto active strategy. "If you really strip it down they're ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... rises and 37 falls among the 102 stocks traded. Telecom led the way, up 10.5c to 237.5 as shareholders' hopes that the company may be able to be split later this year rose after law changes to enable the ultrafast broadband project made progress in P ...