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Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Shock, surprise, horror. There was none of that. But it's been another boring day on the financial markets over the past 24 hours and I have to get your attention somehow. Sure Virgie, most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town recorded ...

IFM wins legalsuper Aus equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Industry Funds Management has been given a $20 million Australian equities mandate from legalsuper. The funds will be managed within Industry Funds Management's (IFM) Strategic Australian Equities process led by executive director, listed equities Clyde ...

SMSFs dominating super assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The peak body for SMSFs has welcomed the latest Australian Tax Office statistics which show SMSF assets have grown at twice the rate of total super industry assets in the past five years to June 30 2010. According to the "Self Managed Super Funds: a ...

Affinity launches wholesale property fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Melbourne based boutique, Affinity Funds Management has launched a new fund to provide wholesale investors with access to residential property, the largest asset class in Australia. The Affinity Property Fund has been established to provide investors ...

Alleron wins AustralianSuper mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
AustralianSuper has awarded a $440 million mandate to Australian equity manager, Alleron Investment Management. Established in 2004, Alleron is a Sydney-based boutique investment firm, with around $2 billion in funds under management, and uses a long ...

ACCC gives CBA Count acquisition the go-ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Shareholders at Count Financial Limited will meet in Sydney next week to discuss the schemes of arrangement required for Commonwealth Bank's takeover of the firm. This follows yesterday's decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
West Australian financial planner, Troy MacMillan, has taken out the top gong at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) annual conference and been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia ...

PPM expands portfolio management team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Boutique equities manager Private Portfolio Managers has appointed investment management and research specialist Ian Hardy to its portfolio management team. Hardy comes from Centric Portfolio Managers, the individually managed accounts (IMA) arm of ...

European infrastructure an investment goldmine

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Almost 2 trillion euro is needed in European infrastructure investment by 2020 according to the European Commission, with huge disposals now available to Australian investors that want to enter this lucrative market. Currently, the key infrastructure ...

nabInvest buys equities start-up stake

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
nabInvest has continued its acquisitive streak by turning its attention to a Sydney based start-up, acquiring a non-controlling stake in quantitative based equities specialist Redpoint Investment Management. National Australia Bank's direct asset management ...