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Russell Investment Group has made a significant strategic shift to its Australian business, launching a series of multi-manager funds which are targeted exclusively at re...

Financial planning

Kerry Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services has raised all of the money it wanted for its first infrastructure fund in what was a relatively short three week offer ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State’s in-house funds management arm suffered another blow today with both of its small caps funds downgraded to a ‘hold’ rating by research house Morning...

Financial planning

Having a global reach has been one of the contributing factors to PIMCO Australia’s consistent top performance, and first place win in the Money Management Fund Manager o...

Funds management

Hedge fund managers have been warned they will come under increasing scrutiny from the corporate regulator, which has expressed concern that the complexity of some funds ...

Financial planning

Kerry Packer-backed fund manager Challenger Financial Services will tap into soon-to-be retiring baby boomers’ thirst for yield, by listing its own infrastructure fund on...

Financial planning

Financial planners and retail investors are supporting a wider range of capital market vehicles than ever, but are becoming more discerning in doing so, according to KPMG...

Financial planning

Capital Guaranteed Investments Limited has partnered with Credit Suisse to launch three capital guaranteed securities, collectively known as Credit Suisse ORB Investment ...

Financial planning

MLC has taken the unusual step of terminating a mandate with Platinum Asset Management, one of four managers dropped in a global equity overhaul aimed at boosting after-t...

Financial planning

Mercer Global Investments added three diversified and four sector funds to its investment products range, taking a more aggressive approach to achieving returns whilst re...

Financial planning

Absolute return fund manager HFA Asset Management has attracted over four times as much money into the second instalment of its capital protected ‘Octane’ fund of funds a...

Financial planning

ING Investment Management has launched the ING Global High Dividend Fund, which it claims is Australia’s first to select stocks on the basis of their dividend yields....

Financial planning

Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....

Funds management

BT Financial Group has reduced the US exposure in its retail global property fund from 100 per cent to 69 per cent, opening up to European and Asian markets as they in tu...

Financial planning

Swiss-based asset manager Julius Baer Investments is taking its first steps into the Australian market with the launch of a absolute return bond fund for local investors....

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