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Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... think? And oh, Australian businesses will also now be able to directly convert Australian dollars to Chinese yuans. One of the rare times when we can say, "on ya Julia"!

RARE Infra doubles assets, boosts staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Homegrown fund manager RARE's investment strategies have worked so well the group has doubled its assets to $6 billion in less than two years. The group's FUM climbed from $2.9 billion two years ago to $6 billion this year, RARE head of distribution ...

IFM raises airport holdings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Darwin, Alice Springs and Tennant Creek whereas APAC owns Melbourne Airport and holds 90% of Launceston Airport. "This is a rare opportunity to increase our ownership interests in proven, quality Australian airports," IFM's global head of infrastructure ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
I'm an Aussie and I'll cry if I want to. I'll cry if I want to, I'll cry if I want to. My good pal, Alex 'yes we can' Dunnin - Rainmaker's Director of Editorial & Research - emailed me yesterday Malcolm Maiden's piece in the Sydney Morning Herald titled ...

Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Pengana Asia Special Events Fund won the Excellence in Investment Management award at the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) Asset Management Awards, held last week in Hong Kong, Pengana announced today. The fund, which is managed ...

Maple-Brown Abbott moves into global listed infra

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... characteristics," Maple-Brown explained. Other fund managers who offer global listed infrastructure products in Australia include RARE, Lazard and Commonwealth Bank's Colonial First State Global Asset Management, as well as Magellan, AMP Capital and ...

SMSFs warned over incapacity planning

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Often the risks of a self-managed super fund director becoming incapacitated are ignored, a leading lawyer has warned. Speaking last week at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, Bryce Figot, director, DBA Lawyers ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... next three days, Gardner promised to leave the 250-plus financial advisers attending the Summit from across Australia with rare insights into how social media can be used to reach all of the Australian public, while literally by-passing the media. "There's ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
If the government is serious about wanting to make a positive difference on issues such as the environment, sustainability and ethical corporate governance then it must obligate financial planners to ask their clients about socially responsible investing ...

Structural shifts reposition EMs as less risky investments

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Emerging markets are entering a new phase characterised by greater structural stability and lower volatility, according to US based asset manager, Neuberger Berman. Alan Dorsey, head of investment strategy at the US-based asset manager, says that greater ...