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Schroders emerging markets fund praised by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006

Zenith has rated the Schroders Global Emerging Markets Fund (SGEMF) recommended while at the same time praising the fund as the best of its kind in the Australian space. SGEMF is a new product offered to Australian retail investors who are looking to ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

Financial advisers looking for a global equities fund with a twist should look no further than Schroders Global Active Value, a fund that invests in shares outside the traditional global benchmark MSCI World Index. Schroders chief executive, Greg Cooper ...

More countries sign up for REITs

The US$1.03 trillion global real estate investment trust (REIT) sector is poised for further growth with UK and Germany setting up REIT-like investment structures next year and other countries such as Italy, Finland, Mexico and Spain considering it. ...

IXIS Loomis wins Telstra Super $100m mandate

KATE HAGE | THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006

IXIS Asset Management Australia has won a $100 million mandate from Telstra Super to be invested in its Ixis Loomis Sayles Global Growth equity fund. Karyn West, managing director of Ixis Australia, said the Global Growth equity mandate fills a gap ...

CommSec product to tap into Chinese neighbours

KATE HAGE | MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006

CommSec has joined the increasing ranks of fund managers offering Asia-only funds by launching a five year investment product called Capital Asia to DIY investors. The product is designed to ride off the China growth story, investing in the indices ...

Super funds keep tills ringing at Harris Alternatives

Superannuation funds are ramping up their fund of hedge funds (FOHF) allocation with IXIS-owned Harris Alternatives reporting an astonishing six-fold increase in funds from $170 million two years ago to $1.17 billion currently. Harris Alternatives is ...

UBS goes for global equity returns

UBS Wealth Management believes going global is the way forward for equity investments, and so they have launched a new diversified global equity fund. UBS said that world markets are currently experiencing a significant uptrend on the back of robest ...

S&P and CITIC JV to ramp up Asian indices

S&P and China's leading index provider CITIC has formed a joint venture in a bid to create more benchmark indices for the Chinese securities market. The 50-50 joint venture will be named Standard & Poor's/CITIC Index Service and builds on both group's ...

Global hedge funds up 7 per cent for the year: Greenwich-Van

The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index gained 7 per cent over the year to end October, according to hedge fund index provider Greenwich-Van Advisors (Greenwich-Van). "Many hedge fund strategies, with the exception of short sellers and convertible ...

New global dividend yield fund for ING

ING has launched a new global dividend fund aimed at investors wanting more income in the portfolio mix. Ross Barnwell, ING Head of Distribution and Research, says, "the new fund is aimed at investors who want good income streams but with lower market ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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