international equities

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has taken out the overall title to win the most prestigious prize in the funds management industry, the Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager o...

Financial planning

Customised equity tracking for advisers

A Melbourne-based securities dealer is offering planning groups an equities tracking service for clients’ portfolios....

Financial planning

BT to expand offshore investment capabilities

BT Funds Management (BTFM) will expand its international capabilities with the addition of small number of Australian analysts in the group’s investment offices in Singap...

Financial planning

International managers look for the positives

International equities have experienced a massive dive in positive fund performances. KATE KACHOR looks at the reasons for bad performances and how managers are repairing...

Financial planning

Tower remains a one star player

Morningstar has reconfirmed the Tower group’s one star rating indicating a relatively ‘very poor quality’ fund manager....

Financial planning

Assirt gives three stars to Zurich funds

Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) new range of multi-manager products has received an less than sterling debut rating from Assirt, and despite some strengths has been award...

Financial planning

UBS given thumbs up by Assirt

UBS Asset Management (UBSAM) has started the new year on a positive note after research house Assirt handed the group a solid overall rating and awarded its Australian eq...

Funds management

LPTs win 2001, but equities bite back

Listed property trusts (LPT) have finished 2001 as the best performing asset class for Australia investors, rewarding those who flocked to defensive sectors both before a...

Financial planning

Macquarie reviews balanced funds

Macquarie Investment Management has given its diversified balanced funds a more conservative tilt after conducting a wide-ranging review into the structure of the funds....

Financial planning

BT enters war of words over ratings

BT Funds Management (BTFM) chief investment officer Gary Symons has hit out angrily at ratings house InvestorWeb after the group downgraded all of BTFM’s international fu...

Financial planning

Pooled funds lose $4 billion

Australia’s pooled fund managers had more than $4 billion wiped off their bottom line in the first quarter of this financial year as the September 11 tragedy in the US pl...

Financial planning

More ratings gloom for BT

InvestorWeb has delivered a scathing assessment of BT Funds Management’s international equities capabilities, downgrading the rating of all BT international funds in its ...

Financial planning

BT scores rating upgrade

Ratings house Assirt has upgraded BT Funds Management (BTFM) diversified product rating from hold to investment grade, or a three star rating, announcing the upgrade aft...

Financial planning

National emerges as distribution leader

The National Australia Bank has regained the mantle as the top managed fund distributor in the retail market, dominating inflows into managed funds in the last three mont...

Financial planning

BT undergoes staff changes

BT Funds Management has continued the staff changes with the new head of international equities Paul Durham changing the structure of his role, dividing it into three sep...