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PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has released figures they claim confirm that private equity and venture capital funds in Australia at end 2013 outperformed the ASX across most major time periods.

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has announced it will screen out companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels in its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) range of funds, in response to client demand.

Going solo: Australian equity houses at risk of talent exodus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Large Australian equity houses are at risk of losing their most talented stockpickers to solo projects, according to van Eyk Research.

IFS caught investing in unregistered schemes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has breached an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) class order by incorrectly investing client funds into an unregistered managed investment scheme.

Northern Trust wins LUCRF $220m ESG mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Northern Trust Asset Management has won a $220 million mandate from the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF).

DomaCom eyes Gen Ys with property product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
DomaCom is encouraging young investors to set up self-managed super funds (SMSF) and to invest in its Property Fund as part of a recent partnership.

Invest in UK infrastructure, super funds urged

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The British government is targeting Australian superannuation funds as potential investors in a raft of new infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.

Second PM Capital LIC now trading on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
PM Capital's second listed investment company (LIC), the PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund, is now available to trade on the ASX.

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The prospect of rising interest rates has forced institutional investors to sit up and take notice of product innovations in the fixed income market. But with so many strategies to choose from, how do large investors and their advisers choose the right ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
T. Rowe Price has partnered with Mosaic and, separately, with BT Financial Group to develop two global fixed income products.