international equities

Financial planning

Perennial Investment Partners has been applauded for making a number of good strategic choices in its funds management process, with the Assirt research house saying the ...

Financial planning

Advisers optimistic about share market

Advisers are more optimistic than investors that the share market will improve in the next six months and are also likely to allocate twice as much to international equit...

Financial planning

Morningstar unimpressed with Platinum

Research house Morningstar has given Platinum Asset Management a two out of five business and management strength rating, citing the manager’s track record of solid inter...

Financial planning

HSBC rated average by major research groups

HSBC Asset Management (Australia) has been given an average rating by two major research houses this week, scoring a three in Morningstar’s Business and Management Streng...

Financial planning

International shares maintain popularity

The international share market has been tainted by a slump in performance in the past 12 months, while in comparison, managers on the local scene have battled ahead earni...

Financial planning

Assirt gives Tower mixed review

Assirt rates Tower’s business management as competent while rating its operating capability as strong in its review of the funds manager....

Financial planning

Equity investing takes off

Equity investing has topped the popularity list in the retail industry in the past few months, the latest Assirt Market Share Report has revealed....

Financial planning

End of year spells down time for super

Most superannuation funds will face a less than rosy end to the financial year with prediction that they will see out the 12 months with negative returns....

Financial planning

Currency shines in brighter future

Economic expectations revealing positive future prospects for the Australian dollar, along with the arrival of currency hedged funds, could mean international currency in...

Editorial

Investment projections – style over substance?

The investment projections of some fund managers lack basic ingredients, writes DOMINIC McCORMICK....

Financial planning

5Di rolls out own funds

Specialist investment research group 5Di will expand its operations and move into supplying its own manage the manager (MTM) style investment funds....

Financial planning

Assirt rates Dimensional as strong

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) has been rated as a strong manager with strong sectors, while its four funds earned four stars in the latest review of the group from rese...

Financial planning

Rothschild to outsource global fixed interest

Rothschild Australia Asset Management has formed a strategic alliance to outsource the management of its global fixed interest investments to the New York based BlackRock...

Financial planning

All round performers lead the way

Consistent outperformance across a range of asset classes was the key to accolades in the multi-sector category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards....

Funds management

The Chosen Ones

The rise of UBS Global Asset Management to the top in the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year, after coming second to Credit Suisse Asset Management last yea...