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S&P upgrades Global Value Fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... yield as the driver of total return. The product is a global value style fund. S&P fund analyst Marcus Hanel said the upgrade came as a result of strong returns and team building since inception in 2005. "While this peer group tends to be dominated by ...

Asgard extends income cover

... chief Geoff Lloyd. The group plans to release even more improvements to its insurance offering next year including an upgrade to its personal insurance product suite with enhanced benefits, features and price reductions. The announcement coincides with ...

Industry fund ads off target?

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
Industry superannuation funds need to focus more on member communication, education and online presence, not scaremongering by focussing on fees, according to Vanessa Stoykov, chief executive of marketing, media and communications group Evolution Media. ...

The long and the short of JANA

Lonsec has upgraded its "investment grade" rating on JANA's long/short funds to "recommended" due to the group's well-resourced and highly experienced research team led by long-time JANA executive John Coombe and new head of Australian equities Aidan ...

Challenger FP revs up Synergy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... Management (Synergy) business as well as provide a solid base to support the planned developments for our products." An upgrade in Synergy's web delivery system is expected to cope with the anticipated increase inflows. "Our performance testing shows ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... "Also, base metal prices are mixed, with oil and gold down on Friday. "There are a few rumours around that BHP Billiton may upgrade reserves at its Olympic Dam (copper-uranium) mine later this week, which seems to be lifting BHP as well as Rio Tinto. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after a strong lead from Wall Street and rising commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was up 66 points at 6306. Today, retailer The Warehouse Group ...

Erste Bank signs SimCorp for fund platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
SimCorp Dimension has scored a major coup after it signed a funds management and administration IT contract with Erste Bank, one of the largest financial services group in Central and Eastern Europe. The Austrian banking giant will use SimCorp as its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... 16,844.61. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose in quiet trade as life insurers outperformed, with Ping An supported by a broker upgrade and coal stocks helped by record coal prices. The Hang Seng Index closed up 116.22 points to end at 22,007.32. WELLINGTON ...

Lonsec upgrades Templeton equity fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
Lonsec has upgraded Franklin Templeton Investments' Templeton Global Equity Fund from Recommended to Highly Recommended, following a review of global equity funds. The fund is one of the more benchmark-unconstrained managers, said Lonsec, as it does ...