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Investment

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
New research by UBS found wealth management giants could lose more than 30% of their platform profits even if they undertake "radical cost surgery".

Credit fund launches to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new credit fund has opened to wholesale investors and will soon launch on the ASX.

Zenith acquires New Zealand firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Investment research provider, Zenith Investment Partners is in the process of acquiring an overseas business as it expands into offshore markets.

Global equities boutique opens Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
A US-based global equities boutique has established an Australian office, with a former Perpetual Private analyst appointed to lead the local business.

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Centuria Capital is expanding its remit, acquiring more than 63% of a specialist fund manager and launching a new entity.

Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Australian companies have kept their combined dividend payout flat for five years, even as they continue to climb up globally, according to the latest Janus Henderson Dividend Index.

Blue Sky enters receivership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
The ASX-listed alternatives fund manager was placed in receivership this morning, as its financier exercised its rights after Blue Sky breached a term of its $50 million loan facility.

NAB sells fund administration business

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
A German group has picked up NAB's managed funds services business, Ausmaq.

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
BetaShares announced it will launch a new ETF to give investors access to companies in one of the fastest growing economies in the world via the ASX.

Rainmaker unveils the best wholesale managed funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
An Australian Unity fund has topped Rainmaker's analysis of top-performers in the wholesale managed funds sector over the last three years.