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Macquarie wins currency mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Macquarie Investment Management has won a $105 million mandate from Amundi Alternative Investments' Managed Account Platform to actively trade G10 currencies. "We are delighted that Amundi, one of Europe's largest and most reputable asset managers ...

ASIC warns against fake investment group

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
ASIC has urged consumers to avoid the Sydney based Connaught Investment Group, an unlicensed financial services business, which offers fake investment opportunities. Connaught representatives are cold calling people for investment purposes while quoting ...

Risk needs to shift in line with mission

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
Towers Watson has released research that suggests that the investment industry needs a new approach to risk management to align risk with mission. "It is time to promote better risk management over more measurement and we need to be careful not to mistake ...

Ten new ETPs get ASX listing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
ETF Securities has released 10 new exchange traded products that aim to provide direct exposure so the commodities boom. The ten new exchange traded commodities products have been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), bringing the total ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
Despite an economic reliance on natural resources, Australia has lagged other developed markets in commodities investments, according to S&P Indices. "We tend to look at the market and think, well, if we've got BHP and Rio then we've got enough in direct ...

Perpetual argues for insto outcome focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Asset class specialisation may have gone too far for the current volatile environment, according to one manager, who says current asset allocation structures are too focused on diversifying at stock level rather than required outcomes. The current method ...

AMP infra fund buys into Indian energy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund has acquired a significant minority stake in Indian clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited for approximately US$29 million. Based in Hyderabad India, Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
An estimated $23 billion has been wiped of the Australian share market as it fell further in intra-day trading. At noon the benchmark index remained below 4,000 points amid widespread selling on disappointing US and European economic news. At 1200 AEST ...

AXA IM launches corporate bond strategies

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
AXA Investment Managers has launched a series of corporate bond strategies called SmartBeta, designed to protect portfolios from systemic and event risk and to deliver a less volatile return. The SmartBeta strategies have been designed specifically ...