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Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... per share. GE gained 0.8 per cent. Anheuser-Busch InBev rose 1.7 per cent after announcing it reached an agreement in principle with the Justice Department that will allow its acquisition of the remaining stake in Grupo Modelo to go through. The revised ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... Bloomberg Professional Service. Bloomberg will classify tweets by company, asset class, person and topic. The guiding principle, according to a statement by the SEC, is that, "One set of shareholders should not be able to get a jump on other shareholders ...

ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
DIY super investors could pull their entire savings portfolio if the government follows through on proposed super tax hikes, according to the Australian Self Managed Super Fund Members Association (ASMA). Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan confirmed that ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Amanie Australian Islamic Finance Forum will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 16 April. Amanie Advisors Australia has recently become one of the first specialist Shariah advisory bodies to be granted an AFSL licence this country. ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... joins CFSGAM from Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was the global head of Fixed Income. He was responsible for 13 principle strategies and managed 130 investors in London, Philadelphia, Singapore and Sydney. Prior to that, he held a similar role at ...

Hostplus awards $100m global equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Hostplus has awarded a $100 million mandate to Dundas Global Investors (DGI) through the Apostle Dundas Global Equity fund, Financial Standard can reveal. The Edinburgh-based fund manager's investment approach centres around global equity portfolios ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
ISPT, Cbus and Omega Global Investors have been announced as award recipients by the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for investment stewardship and innovation. The Melbourne Financial Services Symposium is held in conjunction with the Melbourne-based ...

Investors Mutual wins Aus equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Boutique Australian equities firm Investors Mutual has been awarded a $300 million large cap Australian equities mandate from State Super Financial Services, Financial Standard can reveal. The new mandate win extends a period of success for the fund ...

MoneySmart fin lit schools kits now even more hi-tech

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
ASIC will release later this month the next round of digital classroom activities guides and resources designed to help primary school teachers promote financial literacy. The resources are part of the ASIC MoneySmart initiative and revolve around the ...