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Macquarie launches global infrastructure fund

Macquarie Investment Management has launched an infrastructure fund set to invest in global infrastructure stocks, particularly in China and India where the economic boom will drive the demand for more highways, airports and larger utility providers. ...

ING Australia to correct unit pricing errors

ING Australia and six of its major subsidiaries will provide up to $25 million in compensation to affected investors for past unit pricing errors. The company discovered the possible unit pricing errors last May and commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Asgard re-aligns products into high touch low touch

Asgard has re-aligned its products into high touch low touch streams in response to growing acceptance that the advice aspect is the major differentiator across product streams and service models. The low touch stream include employee super, SMA funds ...

AXA's Andy Penn fights APRA ban

Axa Asia Pacific Holdings' senior executive Andy Penn has lodged an appeal against APRA's decision to ban him from running a superannuation fund. The super regulator's disqualification order against Penn came following its long-running investigation ...

Economic roundup

The latest survey on Australian consumer and business confidence released last week ran counter to the strong GDP, good employment results and earlier reports of solid capital investment plans. This acted to reinforce the mixed messages from economic ...

Aviva Appoints NSW Manager

Aviva, a group comprised of financial services companies, Navigator and Norwich Union Life Australia and Funds Managers Portfolio Partners, has appointed its State Manager to oversee NSW and the ACT. Mitchell Sinclair joins the group after 11 years ...

ING launches offshore property fund

ING Investment Management (INGIM) has launched a global-listed property fund that will give Australian investors access to the world's best performing property sectors. The ING Wholesale Property Securities fund will be initially available to institutional ...

AXA fine-tunes Bernstein mandates

AXA has reviewed its global equity value mandates to bring them into line with more standard Bernstein approaches. Effective from 3 October, the mandate re-alignment standardises the AXA offered funds to make them more consistent with the approach and ...

Aegis maintains approval in Macquarie CDO

Aegis has maintained its 'approved' rating of Macquarie's structured product, Generation Income Notes (Generator) stating the product offers investors security and the opportunity for capital gain. It last reviewed the product in November 2004. Although ...

Women retirees worse off than men: Citibank

Women may make better drivers than men but they fail to apply the same level of precaution when it comes to their retirement, at least according to the latest Citibank research on retirement savings. The report, which looked at the retirement savings ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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