AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES

Funds management

Managed funds research house Morningstar is claiming managed funds are able to beat any given benchmark but few do so, due to a lack of manager skill....

Financial planning

Australian Ethical Investment can truly be counted as one of the veterans of the boutique funds management movement, entering its 18th year in 2004....

Financial planning

Orion Asset Management has certainly made a splash into the boutique funds management pool....

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australia has bolstered its technical services team with the appointment of two specialists in response to adviser demand for additional regulat...

Financial planning

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has received a glowing report from Assirt in its latest rating, receiving a five star rating for seven of its funds....

Financial planning

ING-owned platform Optimix Investment Management has added four international investment firms to its manager line-up and follows a tweak of its Australian equity manager...

Financial planning

Pengana Capital has revealed it will grant investors in its recently flagged new listed investment company - Pengana Managers - equity in the underlying investment manage...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australia announced today it has introduced Deutsche Asset Management’s Australian Equities Alpha process for its diversified funds, and formed ...

Financial planning

The ING investment platform, Optimix Investment Management, has added four new managers to the panel for its Australian equities, fixed interest and cash offerings....

People & Products

Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM) head of Australian equities Mark Finselbach left the group yesterday after submitting his resignation last Friday - a move quickl...

Financial planning

ING Australia will reverse the trend to move into retail with the launch of a wholesale version of its retail Tax Effective Income Trust tomorrow following the fund’s str...

Financial planning

Following a turbulent year for senior management and IOOF’s Australian stock market listing in December 2003, IOOF/Perennial has been issued with a ‘competent’ rating on ...

Financial planning

A collection of positive ratings have been bestowed by research house Assirt on fund managers AXA and ABN Amro, with most of their fund sectors and management capabilitie...

Financial planning

The Colonial First State (CFS) Wholesale 452 Australian Share Fund, offered through an alliance between CFS and 452 Capital, has provided a 21.7 per cent net return in it...

Funds management

Fund managers remain cautious in their outlook for investment markets this year despite rising levels of confidence stemming from the turnaround in equity market performa...

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