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St George will offer investments in emerging fund managers after rolling out Ascalon Capital Managers, a venture capital vehicle pitched at institutions and high net wort...

Funds management

Listed financial services group Challenger International has joined the growing list of fund managers to enter the hedge fund marketplace, launching a long / short Austra...

Financial planning

Challenger International has confirmed a new investment for its listed biotechnology private equity fund for retail investors, BioTech Capital....

Financial planning

JBWere Investment Management has rolled out an Australian Equities Fund targeting retail investors with as little as $5000 to invest....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order on Hedge Fund of Australia’s (HFA) short form wholesale offering document for...

Funds management

Rothschild Australia has selected Barclays Global Investors’ BGI Equity Market Neutral Fund to be part of its fund-of-hedge funds Total Return Fund....

Financial planning

Financial services dealer group Financial Services Partners (FSP) is set to unveil a new distribution platform that will extensively expand both the breadth of its produc...

Financial planning

Perpetual Trustees has been hit by a noticeable slump in the flow of funds into its managed investment products as retail investors draw back from equity market investmen...

Financial planning

Suncorp Metway has launched a new online margin lending service allowing retail investors to borrow up to 70 per cent of the market value of their portfolio from their de...

People & Products

Former National Asset Management (NAM) chief investment officer Stephen Hiscock has returned to funds management as head of his own boutique operation in Melbourne, after...

Financial planning

The Australian managed fund industry is bracing itself for the repercussions of the terrorist attacks in the US as investors respond to the crisis by looking for safe hav...

Funds management

Financial services group Challenger International Ltd has bought its first Melbourne property for $22.3 million, as part of a new property syndicate for retail investors....

Financial planning

Frank Russell Company says there has been a strong shift to multi-manager funds by retail investors as they seek diversification in investment portfolios....

People & Products

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has joined the rush to provide hedge funds to investors with the roll out of its own product, the BGI equity market neutral fund....

Financial planning

Rothschild and ING have become the latest major name fund managers to join the long line of managers embracing ethical investments....

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