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Platinum remains bullish on Japan
By Alice Uribe | In Investment

12:10 pm

Yesterday

Profits for Japanese companies are set to get higher despite the country already being in a bull market said Kerr Neilson, chief executive and founder of Platinum Asset Management. Read more

Pressure on benchmark affects managers performance: Cuffe
By Laura Millan | In Investment

11:55 am

Yesterday

The pressure on fund managers to outperform benchmarks on the short term could be preventing them from achieving high returns, UniSuper chairman and founding director of Third Link Investment Managers Chris Cuffe said. Read more

AUI investors approve property fund merger
By Mark Smith | In Investment

11:50 am

Yesterday

Investors in Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) Second Industrial Trust (SIT) have voted in favour of a merge with AUI's Office Property Fund (OPF) at a meeting of investors in Melbourne. Read more

AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy
By Mark Smith | In Investment

11:30 am

Yesterday

Tail risk, or the risk of suffering losses greater than statistically normal ranges, is a much greater threat to portfolios than volatility, global asset manager AllianceBernstein warns. Read more

Preamium SMA deemed suitable for SIV investors
By Mark Smith | In Investment

11:15 am

Yesterday

Preamium has announced that its separately managed account (SMA) platform qualifies as a complying investment under the rules of Government's Significant Investment Visa (SIV) Scheme. Read more

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson
By Alice Uribe | In Investment

12:35 pm

Thu, 23 May

Platinum Asset Management's (Platinum) chief executive Kerr Neilson is confident that the fund will be able to turn around a period of underperformance in its flagship International Fund, saying that the current state of the market has turned to favour Platinum's investment strategy. Read more

MySuper puts focus on active tax management investing
By Mark Smith | In Investment

12:15 pm

Thu, 23 May

The focus the MySuper legislation puts on after-tax returns has paved the way for a dramatic surge in active tax management investment strategies, according to global asset management firm Parametric. Read more

Bendigo Wealth launches new low-risk income fund
By Mark Smith | In Investment

12:10 pm

Thu, 23 May

Bendigo Wealth has launched the Sandhurst Strategic Income Fund for risk-averse investors who want a regular income stream in excess of what they are seeing from their term-deposits. Read more

Ex-Lonsec MD convicted of insider trading
By James Fernyhough | In Investment

11:00 am

Thu, 23 May

Norman John Graham, a former managing director of stockbroking firm Lonsec, was convicted of insider trading at the County Court of Victoria on Wednesday. Read more

Fewer Australians invest in shares: ASX
By James Fernyhough | In Investment

12:15 pm

Wed, 22 May

The number of Australians investing in the share market continued to decline in 2012, according to the Australian Securities Exchange's Australian Share Ownership Study 2012. Read more

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