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Investment

AMP Capital invests more into residential property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
AMP Capital Investors renews its focus on property mandates with its residential property fund, Select Property Portfolio 3 (SPP3), and plans to launch its fourth fund this year.

Developed markets enjoy strong inflows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Investors are wading back into developed market equities in a reversal of recent investment trends as the US and Europe continue to gain traction.

Australian Unity issues $80m debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Australian Unity has issued $80 million worth of new bonds to raise capital.

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Emerging markets are now a portfolio staple but riots in North Africa and other high-risk regions have forced fund managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks.

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...

Let the games begin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC this morning released its timetable for the introduction of market competition, which will allow Chi-X Australia to compete head to head with the ASX, and said the new market integrity rules (MIRs) should be in place ...

ASIC withdraws property fund licence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Devgroup will wind up four property funds after ASIC revoked its financial services licence for failing to resolve ongoing breaches of licence conditions.

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Fund managers are bullish on global equities for the rest of the year, according to research firm Towers Watson.

Countdown to FICAP fundraising

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Executives across the finance industry are set to channel their inner rockstar in the name of charity at the 5th annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar' event next Thursday at the Loft in Sydney.

ACFS awards innovation and investment stewardship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The local investment community celebrated innovation and investment stewardship at an awards gathering in Melbourne last night, with Care Super, Goldman Sachs Asset Management & Partners Australia and La Trobe Financial Services among this year's winners.