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Ironbark teams up with UK global equities manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Ironbark Asset Management has partnered with a London-based fund manager to bring a new global equity fund to the Australian market. Waverton Investment Management is a discretionary investment management house dedicated to creating high quality investment ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Merry Xmas to you too, signore Draghi Only two days before, most have given up expecting more goodies from "Super 'whatever it takes' Mario". No mas, not after the ECB's Bank Lending Survey showed that QE is doing what's intended to do - ease lending ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... trade data adds to the list of "but it is nots". Japan's trade deficit came in at Â¥114.5 billion (US$955 million) in September -sharply missing consensus expectations for a Â¥84.4 billion surplus. Just to stress, it reported a deficit instead of ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Investing in toilet paper and toothpaste type companies can feed a fund's growth on a day-to-day basis and help Australian investors survive local equities market turmoil. This is one part of an investment strategy deployed by senior fund manager for ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure (GLI) fund is now available for investment through Asgard, BT Wrap, Macquarie Wrap and Netwealth. The news comes shortly after the fund was awarded a 'Recommended' by Zenith Partners, a '4 Star Superior' ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... straight month through to September. Away from investment. Fixed asset investment expanded by 10.3% in the nine months to September - the slowest in 15 year -- down from 16.1% in the same period last year. Over the same period, property investment gained ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
The Future Fund has issued a warning to investors that the high returns of the past few years are unlikely to continue in the medium term. The latest update shows the Future Fund's investment strategy has almost doubled the value of original government ...

Perpetual sees institutional outflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Perpetual has experienced net outflows of around $700 million as a result of institutional investors rebalancing funds away from Australian equities. The fund manager announced that its funds under management as at 30 September 2015 were $28.4 billion ...

HUB24 refuses IOOF takeover

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
HUB24 has turned down IOOF's offer to acquire all of its shares. The platform provider's board considered the proposal and consulted with its advisers. They all concluded that "the proposal is inadequate and does not reflect the underlying value of ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Challenger Life has recorded a 12% increase in annuity sales during the first quarter of the 2016 financial year when compared to the same period last year. Annuity sales in the three months to 30 September 2015 totaled $884 million, with retail sales ...