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Bennelong suspends SGI Global Equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
The Bennelong SGI Global Equities Fund has been suspended following the termination of an agreement between Bennelong Funds Management and global asset manager Security Global Investors (SGI).

Premium China expands fixed interest portfolio

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
Fund manager Premium China will spend more time this year providing adviser and researcher education on Asian markets as it prepares to launch its fourth fund in fixed interest.

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators.

Fundies turn to outsourcing to curb costs: report

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Three in four fund managers are protecting their businesses from the pain of more modest global sharemarket growth and downward pressures on investment fees by outsourcing their non-core activities, a report found.

CREATE predicts golden age for stockpickers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
This decade could prove to be a 'golden age' for stock pickers, rather than the 'ice age' that had been predicted, according to an academic.

SMSFs pour more into property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are increasingly looking to allocate more into real estate as the sector continues on its recovery path.

Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
It's an asset class that is worth more 'in the rough' and local investors can get their hands on it through a Zurich-based firm with links to famous jeweler Harry Winston, which visited Melbourne last month to scope the local market.

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road is once again challenging the banks with the launch of its own range of term deposits.

IGCC launches climate risk survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) are launching an international survey to find practical tools for investors to benchmark their performance on managing climate risk

Russell fast track after-tax investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Russell Investments has flagged plans to release more products that will appeal to super funds focused on after-tax returns, not pre-tax performance.