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LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

... following an SRI approach," said LGSS chair, Peter Woods. Woods stressed that their screens don't interfere with the stock picking decisions of their fund managers. "Rather, we allow our fund managers to invest in whichever organisation they wish, in ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... Centre, will use a similar investment process to SSgA's Australian Long-Short Fund and will employ a quantitative stock picking process. Head of active equities Asia Pacific, Don Hamson, said there was strong demand for new alpha strategies due to managers ...

Staff churn afflicts underperforming small cap sector

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
... attribute the churn to the poor performance of managers, he admitted it could be a factor. "It's difficult to say if stock picking skills are challenged by anything other than by market conditions," he said, but added that because of the small size of ...

Hyperion wins $230m Auscoal mandate

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
... managing director, Dr Manny Pohl, said their style is benchmark insensitive and uses a quantitative based, elimination stock picking process. "We eliminate the companies we don't want by looking at their management styles and business models," he said. ...

Restructured Fidelity Japan fund rated by S&P

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... is the TOPIX index and it mainly invests in listed securities on Japan's major stock exchanges with a bottom up stock picking process. S&P has added 'NEW' to the fund's rating, flagging the change in return objectives and the change in fund managers. ...

MLIM plugs holes left by recent departures

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... close working relationship with our equity team and were approached to join MLIM due to their proven research and stock picking skills, and importantly, their cultural fit within the team, being familiar with, and believing in, our investment process." ...

Zenith recommends BT's dedication to Australian equities

... increasing number of investors are looking for 'high conviction' equity funds that take a more active approach to stock picking and embrace potentially higher risk, in exchange for potentially higher return," says BT's head of Australian equities and ...

Morningstar likes Souls

... Management, impressed by its credible results to-date. Morningstar says the small cap fund's flexible approach to stock picking and willingness to bet on non-index micro-cap stocks have underlined strong performance. "The strategy has beaten the market ...

Right direction for Merrill Lynch Australian share fund

... including the departure of their leader Peter Cooper in 2001, unfavourable conditions for large-caps and Merrill's own stock picking process. The performance woes of the fund have led Merrill to refine their investment strategy. The valuation method ...

Future bright for BT: Morningstar

... diversified approach. Over 2003, BT has lifted and improved its performance. Morningstar attributes this success to good stock picking such as Macquarie Airports, IAG and an overweight position in BT's small caps fund, which has performed strongly. Although ...