15 May 2009 | This year’s winner in the Multi-Manager category, Advance Asset Management, has been a long-term multi-manager protagonist and its head of investment solutions, Patrick Farrell, argues managing risks is the key.
15 May 2009 | Active management of the fund, choosing the right assets at the right time and focusing on generating positive returns are the reasons behind the success of K2 Asset Management’s Australian Absolute Return Fund, according to the chief investment officer of K2 and senior portfolio manager, Mark Newman.
15 May 2009 | The diversified fixed interest sector was this year characterised by an historically wide divergence in returns across its universe, which in turn drove the investment strategies of the winning fund in the Fixed Interest (Diversified) category of the awards, Schroder Fixed Income Fund W Class, and those of the two finalists.
15 May 2009 | Small businesses are often the most vulnerable in an economic downturn, but that doesn’t mean there are no opportunities for investors. The key is being able to identify those stocks with good long-term prospects that will survive the current downturn, as is the case with this year’s winner, Schroders Investment Management.
15 May 2009 | While good returns help the survival of a boutique manager, a good capital base and back-office are the keys to long-term survival. These attributes were part of the criteria that Lonsec used to select the winning manager in this category, Integrity Investment Management.
15 May 2009 | Macquarie looked at about 300 managers for its Professional Series of investments and narrowed it down to six, including this year’s winner, Winton Global Alpha Fund.
15 May 2009 | ING Clarion Real Estate Securities (ING Clarion), manager of the ING Wholesale Global Property Securities Fund, was named winner in the Property Securities (Global) category of the 2009 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Awards.
15 May 2009 | With no style bias in its investment equation, ING Investment Management has maintained its position in the market, according to its director of real estate securities, Justin Blaess.
15 May 2009 | A minimum exposure to financials and commodities, resource stocks in particular, helped Platinum Asset Management take out the Global Equities (Long Short) category for its International Fund.
15 May 2009 | It came down to two worthy finalists in the Regional/Emerging Market Equities category, but highly experienced Aberdeen Asset Management ultimately came out on top with its Aberdeen Emerging Opportunities Fund.
15 May 2009 | Integrity Investment Management may be a relative newcomer to the Australian equities space, but its team of managers is anything but inexperienced.
15 May 2009 | Schroders Investment Management named Fund Manager of the Year at the 2009 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Awards.
15 May 2009 | Schroders Investment Management crowned the 2009 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year
15 May 2009 | A focus on truly outstanding companies is the reason behind the success of Magellan Asset Management's Global Fund, according to the fund portfolio manager and chairman of Magellan, Hamish Douglass.
15 May 2009 | The process Lonsec implemented to select the winners for each category consisted of three components.