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BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... alternatives. It will also offer clients diversified access to global markets through separate accounts, common trust funds, mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, and closed-end funds. Barclay's ETF platform iShares currently has over $367 billion of AUM ...

Treasury boutiques gain inflows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... to provide more security. Aside from those three boutiques, Treasury Group has assisted in the development of Investors Mutual Limited (IML), Global Value Investors, Cannae Capital Partners and Premium Investors Limited. Early last year, IML suffered ...

Insurance broker caught for fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... engaging in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product when he caused to be misrepresented to QBE Mercantile Mutual the monies and details of Carriers and Couriers insurance that had been placed with InterRe for October 2003. Of the 375 Carriers ...

Merger plans for AUI and Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... under management. Australian Unity announced late last week that a merger proposal was being rolled out to combine the two mutual fund companies. The merger proposal, which has the unanimous support of the Boards of both companies, is subject to the ...

AustralianSuper hires fixed income manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... fund's investment team. Hopper previously worked in a senior investment role at Portfolio Partners, Aviva Life and Colonial Mutual. He has expertise across a range of fixed interest investments including sovereign bonds, credit, currency and cash. Mark ...

BNP increases stake in Indian mega broker

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Personal Investors as a leading online broker in Europe, to rapidly develop its online trading business and the marketing of mutual funds and life insurance," he said. Olivier Le Grand, head of BNP Paribas Investors, said India will emerge as a powerhouse ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...

US fixed interest SRI beats market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
SRI fixed interest funds in the US have gone from just matching non-SRI mutual fund returns to beating them, according to the latest Cerulli research. "There has always been an unwritten rule that investors have to give up performance to invest their ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... products. CommInsure joins a number of local and international insurance firms on the list including Finland's Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Australia's Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Zurich Financial Services Australia, Germany's Munich ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... have been swirling for months about the possible divestment of the two businesses by its South African parent company, Old Mutual. IOOF ended the speculation when it announced today that it acquired the businesses for $34 million, with support from Australian ...