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Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Increasing allocations to alternatives warrants a more meaningful classification over what comprises the sector, according to Pengana Capital. Russell Pillemer, Pengana Capital CEO, said when "alternative" allocations were small, reference to the ubiquitous ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It is understood that the multinational investment management firm BlackRock has lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. The mandate is comprised exclusively of Australian equities and has been in existence ...

Apostle launches global equity fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Apostle Asset Management has launched the Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund for institutional and retail investment in Australia. The equity fund brings the investment expertise of Apostle's newest affiliate manager, Edinburgh-based Dundas Global Investors ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
We've peered through the Hole and we saw something - we think. Now it's the Europeans turn. Yes Virginia, the Europeans are back in town! And yes, Virginia, we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on ...

Australian Unity expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
Australian Unity Investments has added four senior roles to each of its investment management businesses. The specialist investment team will have commercial responsibility for investment and product strategy, reporting to general manager for funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... and its retail trade figures for July while the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for August is due out. The Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey is slated for release as is the Australian Industry Group/Pricewaterhouse performance ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
Financial services technology company, Financial Simplicity has moved its business model away from investment administration and refocused on infrastructure solutions due to opportunities thrown up by changing market dynamics. Enda Mahoney, chief technology ...

Zurich's restructure sees 11 depart

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Zurich's new three-year strategy focused on growth in the risk and investments business has seen 11 roles cut and five added as the financial services provider shifts its focus to the institutional and dealer group level. Chief executive of the Life ...

Super FUM hits $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Superannuation assets jumped 4% during 2011-12, defying lack lustre returns of 0.5%, to reach $1.4 trillion, according figures just released by the superannuation prudential regulator APRA. Industry funds grew the fastest, up 6.1% through the year to ...

UK to ban exotic retail investment products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), looks set to ban the promotion of exotic investment products to retail investors, following the release of a consultation paper that said the product class should be restricted to sophisticated ...