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Neuberger Berman adds EM debt capability

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Neuberger Berman has added emerging market debt to its suite of investment capabilities, with the appointment of 22 investment professionals, including 19 from ING Investment Management. Rob Drijkoningen and Gorky Urquieta, who were instrumental in ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
US investment manager Columbia Management Investment has partnered with Certitude Global Investments (Certitude) to bring its funds to the Australian market. The Columbia Management Credit fund, which has been seeded by a prominent family office, will ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has announced a range of enhancements to its FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms to improve adviser efficiency and expand its offering to clients. A new online dashboard for FirstWrap will offer greater visibility of client ...

Perpetual to acquire The Trust Company

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
Perpetual has entered into an agreement to takeover The Trust Company and buy 100% of its ordinary shares, in a deal expected to be worth $220 million. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), it is proposed The Trust ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... just ended is also due out. In equities news, Coca-Cola Amatil holds its annual general meeting, Orica chief executive Ian Smith is scheduled to address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch while Virgin Australia launches a new regional ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Australian institutional demand for Asian and emerging market debt strategies will intensify in 2013, according to HSBC Global Asset Management chief executive for Asia Pacific Joanna Munro. The investment manager is meeting with Australian clients ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The van Eyk Blueprint Series of multi-manager funds has awarded a mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through its investment in the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund. Apostle Asset Management, DGI's partner in Australia, did not specify the size ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... per share for shareholders, in addition to an 86 cents per share interim distribution. Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said investors welcomed the increase in interim dividend, which also raised the prospects of another boost to distributions ...

Macquarie reports rise in profits

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Macquarie Group has reported a net profit of $851 million for the full year to the end of March, up 17% on last year. Total assets under management (AUM) were also up to $347 million from $327 million last year. Operating income fell 4% to $6.7 billion ...