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UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... its three-person team expressed their intention to leave. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's placed the Australian Small Companies Fund on hold due to the uncertainty of the situation, fund services analyst James Gunn said today. Morningstar also said ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Fund - Class C, Grant Samuel Tribeca Alpha Plus Units, Schroder Australian Equity Fund and Legg Mason Australian Small Companies Trust "The fees negotiated with each fund manager means that we can pass these savings onto the client directly. Investing ...

Small Companies fund bags three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Pre Select Australian Small Companies Fund, managed by MLC, has been awarded a three star rating by Standard & Poor's after more than six months 'on hold'. MLC replaced Mercer as principal investment adviser to the fund in July 2010 and the managerial ...

Trinity3 names SMA portfolio managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... UBS will offer access to its UBS HALO (High Alpha Long Only), UBS HALO Continuously Protected, UBS Australian Small Companies and UBS Property Securities investment capabilities. Platypus, which is part-owned by Australian Unity, will provide access ...

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 ...