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Investment

Fidelity tops growth funds list: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's has upgraded Fidelity's Australian Equity Fund to five stars - making it the top rated manager for its growth capability.

Moody's takes action after ratings blunder

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Moody's Investor Services is taking legal action against a number of its employees and improving its rating processes after it bungled the ratings of 11 European constant proportion debt obligations (CPDO) worth approximately $1 billion.

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Two Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) funds are shedding their SAM titles and will now fall under the Vanguard banner, as part of a re-branding exercise.

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Africa may be under the radar for many institutional investors but certain pockets are going through a period of economic renaissance, according to Investec Asset Management, one of the leading fund managers in the region.

Schroders Greater Middle East fund raises $630m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
With all the hype on China and India funds, Schroders turns to the Middle East region to develop a fund that raised $630 million within eight months.

Perpetual sells $250m infra funds to Palisade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Infrastructure may be all the rage but Perpetual has opted to hand in the reins to its infrastructure funds to Palisade Investment Partners, part of Pinnacle Investment Management.

DWS hedge offers daily liquidity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
DWS Investments could well be one of the pioneers of a new era in hedge funds when it launched a new product that offers daily liquidity and pricing to retail investors.

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Nearly 13 per cent of 4,137 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Directors' Interest Notices breached listing rules in the first quarter of this year - prompting warnings that those who violated the law could face ASIC investigation.

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Schroders Investment Management has launched the Geared Global Active Value fund, which gives retail investors access to a geared version of the firm's successful global equity fund.

UBS taps into Dutch wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Global investment bank UBS and independent Dutch high net wealth manager, VermogensGroep are joining forces to create one of the largest wealth management firms in the Netherlands.