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MLC cuts two mandates in new strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
MLC Investment Management (MLC IM) ends mandates with Lazard Asset Management and Contango Asset Management as part of its new Australian shares strategy. MLC IM said the portfolios have been reweighted across the remaining eight managers with no plans ...

Bennelong appoints senior analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Former ING Investment Management analyst, Kieran Sission, will join Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) next month as a senior analyst. Sission has worked with members of BAEP management for more than five years during their tenure at ING Investment ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...

AMP names integration director as merger looms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
AXA APH has released a memorandum for its shareholders about its proposed merger with AMP - including information about estimated integration costs and the appointment of an integration director. In an ASX statement, AMP said it had appointed Paul Sainsbury ...

Zenith rates seven funds highly recommended

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Zenith Investment Partners rated seven out of 91 funds as "Highly Recommended" in its latest fixed income sector review. Zenith rated 12 others as recommended. Along with being added to the Zenith Recommended List, these 19 funds are also candidates ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
After a tumultuous few years, US real estate could be set for gains next year, and Australia's largest super funds are becoming alert to the opportunities. According to Principal Real Estate Investors, despite uncertainty over the macroeconomic situation ...

Fees for alternatives under pressure

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Fees for private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure and real estate investments have all declined this year - and the timing couldn't be worse for alternatives as many funds struggle to assert their diversification credentials, post-GFC. According ...

Perpetual sees 8pc upside for ASX200

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Perpetual sees the potential for an 8 per cent upside in the ASX200 next year. That might seem modest, but it would be above average, according to data stretching back more than a century. According to Perpetual, the average price return of the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, just in positive territory after easing back slightly from the start of trade. At 1212 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.2 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 4,762.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Instos lead charge into ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Four new iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) generated $140 million in funds under management in just two trading sessions, but contrary to popular belief, institutions - not retail investors - are leading the charge into the products. iShares launched ...