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Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Macquarie Group has confirmed it expects profits to rise by 10-20% above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014.

Hub24 keeps growth pace in Q2

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Hub24 saw its fourth consecutive quarter of record net inflows during the December quarter and a 21.4% increase in funds under administration.

JPMorgan global bond fund added to platforms

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund has been added to three major platforms shortly after J.P. Morgan Asset Management brought the fund to Australia.

ETF market breaks multiple industry records

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market broke industry records in multiple key metrics in 2014, according to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2014.

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to real assets to increase investment returns and manage macro-environment risks, but would rethink allocations if interest rates rose significantly, according to a new survey from BlackRock.

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
PM Capital chief investment officer Paul Moore believes equity markets are far from cheap and investors will need to be patient over the coming year and pounce on any price falls.

APX to be integrated into IRESS platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX) and IRESS have announced that the APX market will be fully integrated into IRESS institutional and wealth management platforms.

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market.

J.P. Morgan acquires Asia REIT platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Aviva Investors Asia Pacific real estate platform, a direct real estate investment management platform operating in Australia, Japan and Singapore.

Threadneedle set for name change

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Threadneedle Investments will rebrand its business as Columbia Threadneedle Investments in the first half of 2015.