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Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
Derivatives trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has reached its highest point ever, just weeks after the failed takeover bid by the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

UBS staff gone, ratings on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
UBS Global Asset Management are urgently looking to replace two portfolio managers of a three-man team who have now left the Small Companies Fund.

ING shelves global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has temporarily withdrawn its Global Equity Opportunities Fund from the Australian market due to resignation of two portfolio managers in Europe.

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Challenger reports strong boutique inflows and life sales with retail investors continuing to pour money into its annuities products.

Australian Unity seals $120m debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Australian Unity has completed its oversubscribed $100 million bond issue with the final allotment set at $120 million.

Perpetual to debut global resources

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
Fund manager Perpetual is going to the market this year with a new global resources fund, which has beaten its benchmark by a mile since its incubation four-and-a-half years ago.

Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
The ASX will end the year at 5500, according to forecasts by fund managers expecting solid performance in the domestic equities space.

MLC property fund downgraded

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
MLC property fund has been downgraded by Standard & Poor's (S&P) Fund Services in light of key management departures last year.

ASX challenger chooses Equinix

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Chi-X Australia, which is aiming to compete against the Australian stock exchange as an alternative share trading service, has chosen US-based IT infrastructure company Equinix to provide its primary data centre in Sydney.

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Synthetic Exchange Traded Funds make up just 14 per cent of total global ETF assets, but based on European experience this ratio is likely to increase considerably.