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Local Govt Super overhauls intl eq, Aus equities next

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... portfolio to suit a "core and satellite" approach, and it plans to do the same with its $1 billion Australian equities portfolio next. Peter Lambert, the fund's chief executive, said the fund starting implementing the core and satellite approach to its ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Managed accounts specialists Dalton Nicol Reid has picked up three dealer group mandates in the last month, including one from AMP. Jamie Nicol, chief investment officer of DNR, said that there's no doubt that the managed accounts market is booming ...

VFMC suffers portfolio losses

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Corporation (VFMC) took the full brunt of the stockmarket slump when it posted a 28 per cent loss in its Australian equities portfolio for the financial year to 31 March - and a 29 per cent loss in international equities over the same period. VMFC's ...

Ausbil, Eley and Patriot top review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Partners small cap sector associate director, said investors should have at least one-fifth of their Australian equities portfolio exposed to mid and small cap stocks. He said skilled small and mid cap managers can provide more protection in down markets ...

Solaris gets "highly recommended" rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... was only launched in January 2008. However the team has a long history of successfully managing an Australian equities portfolio applying the same investment process," the report said. Solaris has nine investment personnel, including five equity analysts ...

LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... been affected by the ban, although the exposure is contained to a minute one per cent of the fund's Australian equities portfolio. The fund uses short selling to cancel out certain stocks that go against LGSS' sustainability policy, such as gambling ...

Gasparet leaves Austock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Austock Asset Management's Australian equities portfolio manager, Silvio Gasparet has left the firm resulting in Standard & Poor's placing a 'hold' rating on the its Australian equities fund. Standard & Poor's previously rated the Austock Australian ...

CSRF chases alpha

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... portfolio last November." Integrity Investment Management was also chosen as a value manager for its Australian equities portfolio. These managers join the existing Australian equities portfolio managers Tyndall Investments and Cooper Investors.

ANZ Super cuts option costs by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The $2.3 billion ANZ Australian Staff Superannuation Scheme has overhauled its Australian and international equities portfolios to include the appointment of two new core managers and four satellite managers. According to an investment update on the ...

Ex-IOOF exec joins Bellwether

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Boutique Australian equities firm, Bellwether Partners, poached former IOOF executive director and Perennial Investment Partners founding director Tony Hodges to join its board of directors. With more than 34 years of investment and financial service ...