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La Trobe earns mortgage ratings boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
La Trobe's Pooled Mortgages Option (PMO), which sits within its Australian mortgage fund, has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. The PMO option was described by Zenith as having "excellent" long-term performance and also ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Clime Asset Management will welcome an Aboriginal trainee into its business next month, with a view to helping them develop into an investment professional and prompt other firms to follow their lead and change perceptions within the industry. Clime ...

UBS installs new property managers after ING deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Two UBS property funds have been put on hold by Standard & Poor's Fund Services, following managerial changes linked to the acquisition of ING Investment Management. The UBS Global Property Securities Fund and the UBS Property Securities Fund had their ...

Islamic fund opens doors to Australian investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
Australian investors will have access to a new 'ultra ethical' fund, investing on Islamic principles with the launch of Crescent Wealth and its Australian equities fund, the first of a series of products it plans to bring to market. The Crescent Australian ...

FPA reveals advertising impact

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Financial Planning Association claims that its $2 million national consumer advertising campaign is already reaping new business for its members thanks to a surge in online activity. Since the campaign, which spans television, print and online was ...

UBS retains OptiMix as it closes ING IM deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
UBS Global Asset Management is retaining ownership of multi manager fund-of-funds business OptiMix as it completes its acquisition of ING Investment Management, although ANZ owns its money. UBS closed the acquisition yesterday and a spokesperson told ...

Touchstone acquires Old Mutual assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Touchstone Investments has agreed to acquire around $2 billion worth of mutual fund assets from Old Mutual Asset Management in the US, taking its funds under management to almost $10 billion. Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western ...

IOOF seals DKN takeover

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
IOOF Holdings has completed its acquisition of DKN Financial Group after gaining approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria. IOOF said in a statement to the ASX that it would now acquire all of the fully paid ordinary shares in DKN that it does not ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It is critical that appropriate financing mechanisms are put in place if super funds are to contribute as much to social projects as the government would like, according to Christian Super. Chief Executive Officer Peter Murphy said it was of upmost ...