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GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
GPT Group has conceded defeat to Dexus Property group and partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the battle to buy the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA).

Dundas wins $240m super fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Dundas Partners has been awarded a $240 million mandate by an unnamed large Australian superannuation fund.

Frontier research alliance expands to UK and Europe

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Specialist investment advisory business Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey, founding members of the Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA), have expanded their reach adding a London-based consulting firm.

Platinum's Neilson backs Japan in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Platinum Capital has scaled back positions in some of its best-performing stocks after spotting value in both Japan and global healthcare and technology companies.

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Funds under management (FUM) in Australian-listed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have passed the $10 billion mark for the first time.

BlackRock ends "unfair" analyst surveys

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
BlackRock has agreed to end its controversial practice of surveying equity analysts to get insight into their views on companies before the information is made public.

IFM invests $1.3 billion in LNG facility

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013
IFM Investors has agreed to invest around $1.3 billion of equity funding in a natural gas liquefaction and liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading facility in Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.

Challenger acquires SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
Challenger Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) actuarial certificate provider Bendzulla Actuarial.

Managed accounts take the hassle out of hedge funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
Institutional investors can gain greater flexibility at a lower cost and without the need to manage their investments as closely by using a multi-strategy managed account solution for their hedge fund allocation, according to Permal senior vice president ...

IBA launches REIT for indigenous investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) has launched an Indigenous Real Estate Investment Trust (I-REIT) offering indigenous investors access to a diversified commercial property portfolio.