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CFS awards three new alternatives mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Colonial First State has awarded three mandates, totalling $300 million dollars, from its Colonial FirstChoice platform that will form a new alternatives manager allocation strategy.

Alpha aims to lure planners with flexi gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Alpha Structured Investments has teamed up with French bank Societe Generale (SG) to create a new flexible gearing product, due to be launched to the Australian market later this month.

Timbercorp trio face the music

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Failed agribusiness Timbercorp's former directors must today face a class-action suit filed against them in 2009 by more than 2000 investors in the Supreme Court.

Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Mortgage Funds are still suffering redemptions pressure, with investors subject to withdrawal restrictions on formerly frozen funds, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today.

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Lay off China when it comes to global inflationary pressures was a central theme at the AllianceBernstein symposium where clients and industry heads gathered to discuss the changing face of global investing.

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The future of fixed income lies with product innovations, global investing and shirking away from benchmarks, the audience was told at AllianceBernstein's recent symposium.

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Ratings agencies this week left fund managers alone but focused on the banks.

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The outlook for agriculture is bright with the sector providing a hedge against inflation and population increases set to drive demand, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management said yesterday.

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster, a portfolio manager for Janus Capital Group said yesterday.

Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Despite harbouring long-term concerns for the Australian economy, the newly established Avoca Investment Management sees plenty of opportunities in undervalued sectors.