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Northern Trust wins Dutch pension mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Northern Trust Asset Management has won a mandate for the passive management of a EUR200m listed real estate portfolio from Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering.

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Australian investors should think about price and the risk-return rewards of investing directly in China, according to one fund manager.

New standards for UNPRI

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super Scheme, Telstra Super, AMP Capital and TWUSUPER are among the 1000 UN responsible investment signatories that will face new mandatory requirements next year.

IMCA Australia launches CIMA Scholarship Program

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Investment Management Consultants Association is offering a range of Scholarships to the Certified Investment Management Analyst Program.

Schroders loses two analysts

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Standard & Poor's said its ratings on Schroders' Australian equity fund are unchanged following the resignations of two analysts.

FICAP's Wannabe Rockstars a huge hit

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Ten of the finance industry's Wannabe Rockstars battled it out this week in FICAP's annual "Who wants to be a RockStar?" event at Sydney's iconic Metro Theatre.

JBWere partners with Swiss bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
JBWere has entered into a partnership with family-owned Swiss private bank Lombard Odier to deliver international trading capabilities.

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
The European debt crisis will take 15 years to resolve with the deleveraging process barely started, according to GLG Partners' chief investment strategist Dr Jamil Baz.

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
A proposal in the US by the Securities Exchange Commission, to effectively regulate money market mutual funds as if they were banks, has triggered a storm of outrage with claims it could destroy sections of the investment industry

Risk-averse investor pitfalls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Capital risk is being ignored in favour of investor preference for risk-averse bank deposits, according to Equity Trustees.