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Praemium to launch retail super SMA service

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Praemium will launch a version of its separately managed account (SMA) platform for the retail superannuation space in February 2014.

Watch central banks closely, warns Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Investors can expect slow but steady growth in 2014 and shouldn't completely rule out a modest interest rate rise before the end of the year, according to investment strategists at fund manager Neuberger Berman.

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
AMP Capital has urged the federal government to allocate more funds to greenfield infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity.

Australia's largest banks join ASX OTC clearing service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Eight Australian domestic and international banks have now joined the ASX OTC Interest Rate Derivatives Clearing Service as clearing participants and have started clearing trades on the platform.

Resolution Capital celebrates 10-year anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Focusing on a small number of stocks in the highest quality markets has been the key to achieving strong performance without sacrificing investor's liquidity, according to the managing director of Global Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) manager Resolution ...

Women hedgies outperform but overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
Women managing alternative investment funds continue to outperform men but the pace with which investors are allocating to female managers is still too slow, according to a new report from professional and financial services firm Rothstein Kass.

Realindex outperforms as it passes five-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The outperformance of Realindex's fundamental index funds during a period of protracted volatility is indicative of the strategy's advantages over traditional capitalisation-weighted index funds, according to the fund manager's chief executive Andrew ...

AMP restructure to lead to job cuts

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
Some jobs may be on the chopping block at AMP as a result of chief executive Craig Meller's restructure of the business which began last year and continued today with the announcement of key leadership appointments.

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has launched the UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Dividend Fund, to Australian investors.

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has forecast exchange traded fund (ETF) assets under management in Australia will swell to $13 billion over the next 12 months.