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Platforms should adopt insto approach

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... selection, rather than merely responding to short-term trends, said Bruce Murphy executive director, distribution, Macquarie Funds Group. Murphy said the bear market would likely lead to a change in platform behaviour - one that is based on an institutional ...

Macquarie takes market hit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... down from the "exceptional" previous corresponding period when markets were still strong. Over the same period, Macquarie Funds' total contribution to profit fell 83 per cent, from $209 million in the six months to September 2007 to $35 million. This ...

Defensive fixed income wins

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... to 12 per cent still remain a possibility, according to an income expert. Brett Lewthwaite, head of credit at Macquarie Funds, has been traveling around Australia on a road show highlighting the pros of fixed income investing. He said advisers are now ...

Macq to open next Gateway

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
Macquarie Funds is set to launch the next version of its Gateway Trust to provide retail investors and self managed super funds (SMSF) exposure to emerging markets infrastructure, the Asian financial sector, energy and agriculture. Using research from ...

Macquarie hires ex-GSBJW COO

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
Macquarie Funds Group appointed has appointed Irene Deutsch, ex chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs JB Were's securities division, to Australian head of retail distribution in its retail structured products division. Deutsch re-joined Macquarie ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... will give you the edge in an SRI-conscious world. Kingsley Jones, international portfolio equities manager at Macquarie Funds Management, believes investors should carefully pick their investment options based on projects that "do more with less, while ...

Macq to expand planning base in Melbourne

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Macquarie Funds Management Group has appointed Marcus Cleary to lead its adviser presence in Victoria and Tasmania. Cleary will be in charge of all adviser key account relationships in Victoria and Tasmania. His initial focus will cover adviser education ...

New appointments at Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... service set to advisers and their clients," said Neil Roderick, head of Macquarie Adviser Services. Meanwhile, Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Kingsley Jones as portfolio manager in the firm's international equities team. Jones will help develop ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... sharemarket rollercoaster in the past year provided the much needed acid test. Dean Stewart, head of domestic markets at Macquarie Funds Management, said the Macquarie Income Opportunities Fund's strategy had not changed and is beating its competitors. ...

Macq appoints ex-Platypus fundie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Macquarie Funds Management has appointed Philip Pepe to portfolio manager in its High Conviction team. Pepe previously held a senior research analyst and portfolio manager role at Platypus Asset Management. During this time, Pepe was responsible for ...