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IOOF awards Legg Mason $100m small caps mandate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
IOOF has given Legg Mason a $100 million Australian small companies mandate after consolidating its United Funds Management and MultiMix assets into a single portfolio. Dan Farmer of IOOF said what appealed to them was Legg Mason's stable and experienced ...

AMP gives $200m small cap mandate to UBS

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... million plus Australian equity small companies mandate from AMP. AMP's use of an external manager for its Australian Small Companies Fund follows the departure of former senior portfolio manager Michael Hughes in April. The departure led S&P fund services ...

Challenger poaches ING portfolio manager for small cap fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
Challenger's launch of an Australian small companies fund, its tenth boutique, inadvertently resulted in an ING small cap fund being placed 'on hold' yesterday. The departure of Sinclair Currie, former lead portfolio manager at ING, for Challenger prompted ...

Van Eyk strengthens investment team

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... his promotion. Gleeson recently led the firm's Japanese equities review and is currently managing the Australian Small Companies review while Lam previously led the Asian equities research. Meanwhile, van Eyk appointed Francis Lim as an investment analyst ...

Lonsec reviews small cap funds

LONSEC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... 'highly recommended' rating from Lonsec. Two new funds were reviewed, including the CFS-Realindex RAFI Australian Small Companies fund and Perennial Value Small Companies fund. Lin Ngin, senior investment analyst at Lonsec, said the small-caps sector ...

Ironbark buys Patriot Asset Management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... Companies Fund rebranded and relaunched as the Ironbark Karara Australian Share Fund and Ironbark Karara Australian Small Companies Fund in May 2010. Both funds, with total assets under management in excess of $100 million as at 31 March 2010, will be ...

Fairview joins Alpha managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... is a boutique Australian investment manager established in 2008, whose sole focus is on investing in Australian small companies. This is through a core active approach to investing and broad based coverage across both the industrial and resources universe. ...

Celeste FM 'better placed': Villante

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... Villante's initial announcement. These fund ratings have now been restored by Standard & Poor's. The Celeste Australian Small Companies fund is rated 'four stars' and the Celeste Australian Equity fund is rated 'three stars' by Standard & Poor's. "For ...

Pengana finds gems in emerging companies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Acc Index over the same period. The fund also recently won first place in the Mercer Wholesale MPA Australian Small Companies Survey over the five year period ending 31 October.

AMP Cap funds 'on hold' as Armor leaves

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Companies fund. Standard & Poor's Fund Services placed the AMP Capital Equity fund and AMP Capital Australian Small Companies fund 'on hold'. Both funds were previously rated 'three stars' by the firm. "S&P considers the departure of Armor a significant ...