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Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Even though short sellers found it tough to generate absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers.

NAB sells trustee business to IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
IOOF will acquire National Australia Trustees Limited following an agreement with NAB, making it one of Australia's largest compensation trust providers.

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The largest educator-only pension fund in the world is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal.

EQT appointed RE for $5.9bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Equity Trustees was selected as the responsible entity for a boutique global and emerging market equities manager.

Financial Standard to expand into Marketing and Communications educational content

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Financial Standard will publish a new category of educational content across its magazines next month, focusing on the critical role that marketing and communications professionals play in shaping the financial services industry.

Daintree launches fixed income trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Boutique investment manager Daintree Capital launched its inaugural fixed income trust.

Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
Global private equity firm KKR has made a $2.2 billion buyout proposal for an Australian telecoms operator.

BetaShares launches defensive ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
BetaShares launched a floating rate bond ETF designed to withstand interest rate risks and exceed returns on cash and short-dated term deposits.

BlackRock lists cash ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
BlackRock has listed a further two iShares ETFs in Australia and both are aligned to cash.

Quant not active management blasphemy: Robeco BP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Quantitative analysis can play a role in bottom-up active management despite its detractors, according to Robeco Boston Partners senior analyst Daniel Farren.