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APA gets HDF books

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
APA group will have access to Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund's books, after it made a proposal to increase its offer for the fund.

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Australia has achieved a world-class superannuation savings scheme, but retirement income remains a significant challenge, according to one manager.

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Too many investors have been trying to "have their cake and eat it too" by attempting to use alternatives to chase higher returns and gain diversification in down markets, according to one manager.

Portfolio Disclosure guideline released

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
A working group formed by the Financial Services Council has put together draft guidelines for portfolio disclosure in response to ASIC's call for super funds and managed funds to disclose their investments last year.

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Target Maturity funds, a form of life cycle funds, have remained the most popular sector for funds launched within the last six months in Europe with net inflows of A$1.2 billion during May alone.

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In Asia ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
AMP Capital, Macquarie Capital Group and DUET Group have agreed to internalise the management of DUET - an ASX-listed investor in regulated energy utility assets in Australia.

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The shock of the GFC, the impacts of the Euro crisis and moribund world capital markets ever since are forcing institutional investors to confront the reality that their traditional investments models aren't working, said AXA Investment Managers.

Pengana delivers AEq returns out of the market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
It is unorthodox for an equity fund to not be fully deployed into the asset class it is benchmarked against, but the Pengana Australian equity fund has used this approach to significantly out-perform.

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
State Street Global Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market.