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RARE wins top Zenith rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
The RARE Infrastructure Value fund gets a "highly recommended" rating from Zenith.

MLC reviews MasterKey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Financial planners may be able to access more fund managers and investment products on the MLC MasterKey platform following a review.

Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
From military overextension to excess debt, one expert argues that the seven signs that mark the end of an empire are evident in the current US regime - and explores why the baton of power has well and truly shifted to the BRIC economies.

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Marsh & McLennan Companies, which owns consultant Mercer, has agreed to pay $428 million (US$400 million) in settlement for a lawsuit filed six years ago that accused the firm of breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices.

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Emerging market equities valuations could be headed for a 'bubble' given the amount of liquidity in listed markets and the number of large institutions set to pump funds into the region, one fund manager has warned.

Villante and Stephens return to Souls

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Frank Villante, chief investment officer and Andreas Stephens, senior analyst, have returned to Souls Funds Management after Treasury Group bought the fund manager.

Treasury Group to announce Souls strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Treasury Group has bought Souls Funds Management and plans to announce a new investment team line-up following the resignation of the fund manager's chief investment officer, Frank Villante, this month.

T. Rowe Price expands India footprint

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
US-based fund manager T. Rowe Price Group could soon become one of the first US managers to gain unprecedented access to India's burgeoning investments industry after it bought a stake in UTI Asset Management, the country's fourth largest fund manager.

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Natural Capital joins a nascent group of fund managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second.

Ralton wins three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Standard and Poor's assigns three-star ratings to three separately managed account model portfolios (SMAs) from Ralton Asset Management.