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UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has launched the UBS Microcap Fund, which gives investors exposure to microcap companies outside the ASX300.

Folkestone enters joint venture to build commercial complex

Folkestone has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Wilmac Properties to develop the second stage of its Millers Junction Project at 330 Millers Road Altona North, Victoria.

Trilogy Funds makes $9m property investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Property fund manager Trilogy Funds will buy an $8.95 million commercial property in Melbourne's north-west.

ASX celebrates record revenues

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
ASX chairman Rick Holliday-Smith has used his annual general meeting to celebrate what he called the company's "record revenues and earnings", and to urge shareholders to vote in favour of chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper's remuneration package.

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The asset management arm of BNP Paribas has been granted a RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) license by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
With most investors allocating much of their equity towards the big four and resources, Perennial Investment Partners has made a case for investing in small companies that make aluminum windows or own the Kangaroo Island ferries.

BetaShares launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
BetaShares has launched a new US equity income focused exchange traded fund (ETF).

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Some of the world's largest institutional investors have told governments they are ready to play their part in the transition to a low carbon economy, but they need governments to help them.

BOQ reaches $17 million settlement with Storm victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) will pay $17 million to customers who were victims of Storm Financial as part of the legal proceedings of a class action brought against the bank.

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Four months on from the launch of the ASX's managed fund settlement service mFund, the big bank-owned brokers are showing little sign that they will join the venture.