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Orion Asset Management scraps insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Orion Asset Management is closing its funds management services for institutional clients over the coming weeks in move which will see a number of the group's investment management team leave the business.

RFM tangled up on wine, chicken and almond saga

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Rural Funds Management (RFM) plans to marry wine, chicken and almond investments into an ASX-listed fund have stumbled into yet another obstacle after the company itself admitted to issuing false statements.

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has published a set of Global Stewardship Principles to be adopted across its business.

Henderson global fund opens for business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Henderson Global Investors' launched its first Australian domiciled today following approval from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the UK-listed fund manager has confirmed.

Peters MacGregor Global Fund added to netwealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Peters MacGregor Global Fund, a high conviction, bottom up and deep value global equity manager, has been added to the Netwealth platform.

SMSFs double use of retail investment managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The number of self-managed super funds (SMSF) using retail investment managers has doubled in the last four years, according Plan for Life research.

SSgA awarded VicSuper ESG mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
VicSuper has awarded State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) an active global equities environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) mandate worth $310 million.

The Trust Company shareholders approve Perpetual offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Trust Company shareholders have voted in favour of the Perpetual offer to buy the totality of the company's shares.

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting.

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
IOOF has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors.