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Two 'recommendations' awarded to Carnegie Trust

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Lonsec and Zenith have given 'Recommended' ratings to the Carnegie WorldWide Equity Trust in the research houses' first review of the Trust.

ACSA announces 2014 custody awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has announced four winners of the 2014 ACSA Awards.

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Strong Australian sales helped listed technology and data provider GBST's net profit after tax for the half-year to 31 December 2013 rise 87% on the same period the year before.

DomaCom added to Lonsec platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Fund manager DomaCom has signed an integration agreement with Lonsec.

Altair launches two funds for retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Altair Asset Management has launched two Australian equity funds for the retail market.

Windham wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Boston-based multi-sector manager Windham Capital Management has been awarded a $150 million mandate by an unnamed "prominent industry super fund."

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Investment bank Macquarie Group still expects a stronger full year performance as general market conditions continue to show signs of improvement.

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes.

ETF market has first fall in 20 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
The Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market dipped below $10 billion in January in what was the first monthly contraction in 20 months.

SMSFs poised to boost infrastructure investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Improving self-managed super funds' (SMSFs) access to infrastructure investments could completely change the funding of infrastructure projects in Australia.