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Chinese small-and-mid caps undervalued

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Volatility goes hand-in-hand with investments in emerging markets, but valuations for small-and-mid cap Chinese stocks means it is time to buy, said one of Asia's best performing boutique asset managers.

Schroders wins top fund manager award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Schroders Investment Management has won the top fund manager award, the Golden Bull, for the second year in a row at the Australian Fund Manager Award in Sydney last night.

BoQ first Aussie bank to post loss in 20 years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has posted a full-year loss of $17.1 million, the first time an Australian bank has done so in decades.

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch has told investors protesting against the amount of power he wields at News Corporation to sell their stock if they are unhappy with the way the business is managed.

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The recently launched Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been adopted on its first multi-user investor platform following its recent link to the netwealth Accessible Managed Funds Menu.

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio.

SMARTpension receives five-star rating

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
SMARTpension, the pension division of industry super fund Professional Associations Super, has been awarded CANSTAR's five-star rating for "outstanding value" in 2012.

ASIC supports updates to disclosure rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has welcomed the ASX's updated continuous disclosure rules and guidance, which had been the centre of much confusion in recent months.

Challenger AUM swells to $35.2bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Challenger Limited's assets under management (AUM) have risen to $35.2 billion, up 5% since last quarter and a total of 28% over the last 12 months, it was announced today.

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded its rating of one State Street equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed three others following its latest analysis.