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Investment

Legg Mason funds plug retiree gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
Legg Mason targets retirees with its real income and Australian equities income trust funds, changing from the 'usual' accumulation versus de-accumulation design to better accommodate advisers and their clients.

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
HSBC is targeting financial planners with a new product that gives Australian investors exposure to seven key Asian markets.

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is stepping up its scrutiny on issuers of over the counter (OTC) derivatives, in order to safeguard the investments of a rising retail client base.

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Investing by sector and not by region is the right way to approach the emerging markets, where easy returns are a thing of the past, according to Janus Capital.

Unitholders ask ASIC/NSX to ban cap raising

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Premium Income Fund unitholders have requested regulatory bodies stop a planned capital raising, deeming the raising as 'unfair' to all unitholders.

New index pinpoints volatility, products on way

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Standard & Poor's has developed a new risk-control index to maintain volatility of 12 per cent, with UBS to deliver new structured products based upon it, it said today.

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Australia's Future Fund has awarded a new mandate to London-based alternative investment firm, Winton Capital Management.

NAB grows FUM despite tough times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
MLC & NAB Wealth increased their funds under management by 6.8 per cent to $121.9 billion in the year to March and added 241 financial advisers to its ever-growing network, according to half-yearly results released yesterday.

Fund managers fail to make the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Research house van Eyk says Australian Equities fund managers need to lift their game, recommending only 18 of 65 managers in its latest sector review.

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC today said it banned a director for three years from providing financial services - but the director is appealing against the decision which she called "disgraceful".