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IML staff strategy gets nod from ratings firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Investors Mutual Limited's (IML) revamped staff retention strategy has paid off for the fund manager, resulting in a stable investment team and an upgrade from a ratings firm. In September last year, IML overhauled its staff retention strategy, revamping ...

Macq Global Investments wins mandates...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Macquarie Global Investments' Professional Series has been awarded an investment mandate from industry super fund Cbus and a nod from van Eyk. A statement from the bank said Cbus had invested a significant amount into the Scotland-based fund manager ...

VicSuper wins ACCA sustainability award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
VicSuper has been announced the winner of ACCA's annual Sustainability Reporting Awards. VicSuper received the top nod in three categories; Best Sustainability Report, Best SME Report and Best Report in the Financial Service sector awards at the recent ...

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 ...

TAAM wins $100m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... became a matter of Satori following up with his European contacts and starting the mandate ball rolling once AP1 gave the nod to their investment strategy, said Rivers. "We don't like to be boxed into an investment style," said Rivers. "We're benchmark ...

Schroder's fund gets Lonsec nod

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
The Schroder Australian Smaller Companies Fund has received a "Recommended" rating from Lonsec. Lonsec attributed the rating to the Schroder fund in a fund review released this week. The Schroder Australian Smaller Companies Fund (the Fund) is a new ...

St.George's tech gets a boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
St.George Bank's data warehousing practices are expected to go through a major upgrade following the installation of the Teradata 5550 platform and Teradata 12 database in Australia. The new system consists of a three-node Teradata 5550 platform in ...

AXA buys Challenger's Genesys

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... around $625 million in cash and another $625 million in investment grade fixed income assets. Analysts in turn are giving the nod to the asset swap with Goldman Sachs JBWere stating the deal made "perfect sense for both parties". "From AXA's point of ...

Investment Trends names top SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... portfolios across all investments, including managed funds. ShareInvest II, which came third in the survey, was given the nod in the decision support and integration categories. Newcomer Tricom came first in the reporting category. "Tricom's SMA brings ...

Escalator gets US tick of approval

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... at its US offices in August last year - at the peak of the sub-prime contagion. It was there that Escalator was given the nod of approval by Vanguard executives for its progress in the Australian marketplace. Since its launch in September 2006, Escalator ...