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SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate.

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Equity fund manager PM Capital is set to list its Asian Opportunities Fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Institutional investors must have a greater number and more intelligent blend of income-generating assets if they are to meet the needs their ballooning retiree client base, according to fund manager Investec.

AMP launches infrastructure and real estate UCITS platform

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform with versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to investors in the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Perpetual jettisons Guardian Trust

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
Perpetual has sold The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company to Complectus for NZ$68.5 million ($63.3 million).

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
US fund manager William Blair has launched its first unit trusts to Australian institutional and wholesale investors.

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Plato Investment Management has teamed up with Milliman to develop and income strategy for retirees which will allow them to maintain higher weightings to growth assets whilst managing the risk of a GFC-style shock.

Folkestone acquires Maxim property boutique

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Folkestone has acquired boutique property fund manager Maxim Asset Management (Maxim), a specialist in listed real estate securities and high yield real estate debt.

ASIC takes legal action against Mariner over Austock takeover

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against listed funds management company Mariner Corporation (Mariner) over its proposed 2012 takeover bid for financial services company Austock Group (Austock).

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Independent global index provider Bloomberg Indexes has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS.