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UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... efforts have created a fund that is unequivocally committed to the retirement needs of Australia's higher education and research sector," said UniSuper chief investment officer, David St. John. "At UniSuper, we have an investment philosophy that every ...

XPLAN tops planners' list

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... reviews. They were also top for summarising client financial status, fact finding, modeling and tax planning and risk research. "In the current economic climate, advisers are seeking simplicity and efficiency, and are strongly focused on enhancing client ...

Shenkman Capital now represented Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Riding the wave of interest in credit investment opportunities, US credit research specialist Shenkman Capital Management now has representation in Australia. "Credit is clearly a focus for many investors at this time, there is an expectation that credit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Perth. Also in Perth, the Mine Feasibility conference begins, while in Canberra the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Research Economics Outlook 2009 conference concludes. On Monday, the Australian share market closed at its lowest level in more ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... dwarfs the IOOF/Skandia merger, Johnston said it still impacts the platform industry after the firm's planner technology research in October found that adviser churn in platforms rose by a third last year. That is, around 31 per cent of planners stopped ...

Morningstar awards top fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... annual awards event held in Sydney last Friday. Schroders beat numerous fund managers following Morningstar's qualitative research and analysis of a fund manager's risk-adjusted performance in the 12 months that saw global debt and equity markets collapse. ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... equity investments typically range from $250 million to $750 million, the website noted. The reports follow Watson Wyatt research in November last year that found deal volumes in leveraged buy-outs (LBOs) dropped 70 per cent globally in the second quarter ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... now the $21 billion UniSuper has taken up the environmental, social and governance crusade when it recently joined ESG Research Australia. UniSuper is the latest participant of ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that takes into ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...

Invest in debt, but carefully

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... in 20 years as I care about whether I will get the [loan] money back." Perry said investors need to accept that credit research is difficult and investing in loans is a game of winning by not losing. It's why you have focus on keeping your defaulting ...