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EQT wins RE mandate with Janus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
Janus Capital Group has appointed Equity Trustees as the Responsible Entity for the recently launched Janus Global Research 130/30 Fund. Janus Capital Group is a global investment firm that comprises of three specialist investment managers - Janus Capital ...

Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors including finance, researcher Frost & Sullivan ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... Exchange, the March share price index contract was three points higher at 4,525 on volume of 16,314 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said the market had dropped sharply since Friday's opening. "There's a good chance we could close down ...

Women on top of SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... for males. Admittedly, many SMSFs are set up by married or de-facto partners. But the ABR data combined with separate research that shows more women fall in the high income bracket than ever before suggests there's a product gap in the market. "The Government ...

Norway pension enlists RI researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... house, GES Investment Services, to screen its fixed income and equities portfolios for tobacco and weapons criteria. The research mandate means GES will screen the fund's portfolios for companies that may be involved in the production of weapons and ...

Waked leaves BlackRock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... BGI Australia before becoming global CIO of SAE since late 2008. In Australia, Andrew Jackson, currently the head of research will be head of investments responsible for SAE Australian equities business. He joined BGI in 2003 and reported to Waked as ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers, new research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum in their top three ...

ACCC seeks more info on AMP and NAB bids

ACCC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking more information on the competition issues identified during their research of the separate proposed acquisitions by AMP and NAB of AXA Asia Pacific. The ACCC has invited further submissions to the ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
New research from CMC Markets found that the amount of money an investor would allocate to global equities depends on which generation they belong, and that day traders are less inclined to ask "experts" for stock advice. According to a survey of 500 ...

CFS platforms gain $1.9bn net flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... increased 16 per cent on the prior comparative period to $149 billion. In other first half highlights, Property Investment Research (PIR) named CFS Retail Property Trust as the A-REIT of the year and the firm also launched its China A-Shares fund. CommInsure's ...