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Investment

Canadian pension fund buys AMP NZ property portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
One of Canada's largest pension investors, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has bought a complete portfolio of New Zealand properties managed by AMP Capital worth NZ$1 billion.

AllianceBernstein adds Global High Income Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
The AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (GHI) has been added to the netwealth platform.

QIC funds added to Federation platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Two QIC managed funds, DDH Global Fixed Interest Alpha Fund and the DDH Balanced Growth Fund, have been added to the Federation Managed Accounts fund.

YBR set to acquire mortgage manager RESI

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road has expanded its presence in the home loan market with the acquisition of privately-owned mortgage manager RESI Mortgage Corporation for $36 million.

Alternatives managers must be more transparent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Alternatives managers will need to be more transparent with their super fund investors in order to help them meet regulatory reporting requirements, according to BNP Paribas.

YBR requests trading halt ahead of buyout announcement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings (YBR) has requested a trading hold to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is expected to announce an acquisition.

Allan Gray Australian Equity Fund highly recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The Allan Gray Australia Equity Fund has received a 'Highly Recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners.

Investors Mutual gets in on LIC act

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Investors Mutual will launch its first listed investment company (LIC) for investors looking for direct access to a ready-made diversified portfolio of Australian shares.

EQT completes ANZ Trustees acquisition

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Equity Trustees (EQT) has completed the acquisition of ANZ Trustees for $150 million, which has boosted EQT's total funds under management to $40 billion.

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Recent regulatory changes have removed some of the barriers the Australian corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve ...