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UBS narrows the infrastructure horizon

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
UBS Australia is offering retail and institutional investors what it calls a "tightly defined" listed infrastructure fund, largely limiting stock selection to three major sectors. The UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund, launched in May this year ...

Good returns and good luck

Using research compiled by Morningstar as evidence, Vanguard Investments claims that most active fund managers cannot sustain above index-benchmarked performance over the long term. Anthony Serhan, head of consulting for Morningstar, described how their ...

Buy NZ debt: Rapid Ratings

Rapid Ratings says New Zealand debt securities should be snapped up, as a NZDX comparative report reveals they offer high yields and low risk levels. The NZDX report rated pay television provider Sky TV Networks (Sky) as the top rated debt issuer at ...

Maple-Brown Abbott goes the distance

Morningstar Research has given Maple-Brown Abbott's Australian Equity Trust's investment strategy a recommended rating due to the fund manager's propensity to perform well over the longer term. Maple-Brown Abbot's strategy takes into account traditional ...

Soul Pattinson branches out into superannuation

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
Investment house Washington H Soul Pattinson and Co Ltd today announced it would branch out into the superannuation market. Soul Pattinson already has a portfolio of investments in the building, mining, media, financial, pharmaceutical and food industries ...

Fund returns positive in August; Mercer

A positive month on the Australian sharemarket and relatively good returns from the bond market underpinned a solid month for local fund managers with most funds returning between 0.5% and 1% in August, Mercer Investment Consulting said on Tuesday. ...

NAB takeover of AMP a risk to BT if executed well: BT

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
BT Financial Group today said a National Bank of Australia (NAB) Ltd takeover of AMP Ltd would be a risk to its business if it was executed well. NAB holds a five per cent stake in AMP and has been eyeing it as a takeover target once the troubled financial ...

Super funds should dangle a line in the seafood industry

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
Australian superannuation funds should invest their holdings in the seafood industry, an industry chief said today. Australian Seafood Industry Council chief executive Russ Neal said with more than $500 billion held by super funds, they should look ...

Perpetual launches new infrastructure fund

Perpetual Investments is expanding its range of alternative assets, with the group announcing the launch of a new wholesale diversified infrastructure fund. The fund expects to invest primarily in equities issued by unlisted Australian infrastructure ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
The New Zealand regulator may have cleared the way for ANZ Banking Group Ltd to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) but there are still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds ...