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Hedge funds to beat

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Market Neutral Best Global Macro/Futures Fund Winner Kaiser Trading Fund SPC Finalist Apeiron Global Macro Fund Finalist BlackRock Asset Allocation Alpha Fund - Class D Best Investor supporting Australian Managers Winner Telstra Super Best Fund of Fund ...

S&P recognises industry best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... award and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities took out the listed property category. Standard & Poor's also recognised BlackRock Investment Managers in the alternative strategies category and JP Morgan Investments Australia in the structured products ...

Diversified funds on the wane?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... firm rated the sector two years ago. The only Lonsec-rated firms to post inflows over this period include Vanguard, BlackRock, ING and Perennial. As part of the review, the firm awarded eight of the 13 funds, which included ING, Perennial, Perpetual ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) awarded Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and BlackRock Investment Management a $100 million mandate each to capture short-term equity market opportunities. The mandates were allocated to the BGI ...

Impact Investing global yet local

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... portfolio decision toolset software will continue to be based and developed in Australia even after their acquisition by BlackRock Solutions. Tom Fortin, managing director of BlackRock Solutions, said the uniqueness of Impact Investing will give BlackRock's ...

BlackRock and Ralton join IMAP board

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP) has recruited BlackRock's Cormac Heffernan and Ralton Asset Management's Damian Holland to its board of directors. In an IMAP meeting held in Melbroune last week, Heffernan, head of BlackRock's SMA ...

Third Link signs key fund managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
More than 15 'big brand' and boutique managers including BlackRock, Colonial First State and Perennial will form the first set of underlying fund managers to the Third Link Growth fund, a fund-of-fund designed to donate $1.5 million each year to charity. ...

BlackRock absorbs Impact

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... managers better demonstrate their investment methodology to clients is going to be exported in a big way after US giant BlackRock flagged plans to buy IT outfit Impact Investing. The deal is significant not only because it vindicates investor demand ...

S&P names 2008 Fund Awards finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... Hiscock and Company & La Salle Investment Management (Equity Trustees Limited) International Equities-Developed Markets BlackRock Investment Managers Lazard Asset Management Limited (Zurich) MFS Investment Management (BNP) Walter Scott & Partners Limited ...

Northward banks on top stocks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Challenger Select Australian Shares Fund, Antares Lodestar Absolute Return Trust - Australian Shares, Platinum Asia Fund, BlackRock Global Small Cap Fund, BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, and the T.Rowe Price Global Equity Fund. Anthony Waldron, General ...