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Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Western Investment LLC, a large shareholder in Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, has publicly criticised the fund's board of directors, claiming they are failing to act in shareholders' best interests. Western Investment (Western) is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... over the markets. A dim report on new US industrial orders in April helped erase opening gains and sent stocks solidly in the red but buyers came back in to wipe out the losses in afternoon trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... cent) at 12,118.57. That left the Dow down 0.81 per cent for the year, the first time the blue-chip index has gone into the red in 2012. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 32.29 points (2.46 per cent) to 1,278.04, while the Nasdaq Composite sank 79.86 (2.82 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
The Australian share market remained in the red by noon on fresh concerns over Europe's debt crisis, with consumer staples stocks bucking the downward trend. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 51.4 points, or 1.26 per ...

AUI opens Office Property Fund to new investment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Australian Unity Investments has re-opened the Office Property Fund to investment, which has been closed since 2008 and will offer a capped withdrawal opportunity for redemptions from the Fund. Australian Unity Investments (AUI) acquired the Office ...

Direct super platform targets SMSF exodus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
The rise of the self-managed super fund and an increased desire among members for control over funds has led UBS and FNZ Australia to develop a platform that allows large super funds to provide direct investment services. "It means if you are a member ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
The Australian share market remained in negative territory in intra-day trading, with most sectors falling into the red and investors digesting weak retail trade data. Reports that China's government may not repeat its massive 2008 stimulus package ...

MLC expands Horizon portfolios

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
MLC will expand its MLC Horizon Series of portfolios with the introduction of a defensive global shares strategy to be run by a new manager, New York-based International Value Advisers LLC. The changes affect six of the seven MLC Horizon Series of portfolios ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Telstra Super brings more funds in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Telstra Super has expanded its relationship with Charles River, allowing the corporate super fund to increase direct control over investments by bringing more of its funds management in-house. "The flexibility and scalability of Charles River IMS meant ...