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MLC tweaks diversified funds strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
MLC is rolling out a new strategic overlay to its diversified funds to capture medium-term opportunities and mitigate risk to investors' portfolios. Paul Ireland, general manager of MLC Implemented Consulting, said the firm was introducing a strategic ...

Patersons and Davies open fixed income shop

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
Patersons Securities has launched a specialist fixed income and hybrid securities joint venture with Bryan Davies, former chief executive and co-founder at Yellow Brick Road. The Sydney-based division, Davies & Partners, is half owned by Patersons Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Activity on the Australian sharemarket was subdued in Monday morning trading ahead of a US public holiday, with selected industrial and gold stocks supporting the local market's marginal gains. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.7 ...

Fundies split on Hatoyama effect

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Fund managers specialising in Japanese stocks are divided on how the new government will affect their investments and the local economy, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). The UK-based AIC canvassed the opinion of Japan equities ...

AIG sells asset management to Pacific Century

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
AIG has sold its external fund management business for $587 million to Pacific Century Group - a Hong Kong-based private investment firm run by billionaire Richard Li. AIG said in a press statement that it would sell a portion of its investment advisory ...

Lachlan teams up with Investstone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Macquarie-backed Lachlan Partners has merged with boutique planning firm Investstone Wealth Management - ramping up the group's offering in Melbourne and establishing a presence in Brisbane for the first time. This follows Lachlan Partners' move into ...

GIC eyes US and European investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The $120 billion Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is expanding its investment scope, appointing a company president based in America and also Europe. Lim Chow Kiat was appointed president of the corporation's European office based ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
After the GFC challenged the prevailing wisdom on how low markets can go, AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton tells investors how to protect their savings from another market armaggedon. When it comes to investing, Dutton said there are two golden ...

Super funds to take the reins off bond managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Fixed income mandates will no longer be as prescriptive as they used to be as more super funds give bond managers more leeway to invest outside traditional benchmarks. Peter Dorrian, vice president and head of remarketing at PIMCO Australia and New ...

MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
MAP Super is boosting its diversification strategy by tapping alternatives such as private equity and hedge funds, and has hired Bennelong Funds Management as a new investment manager. According to an August update of the fund, MAP Super is increasing ...