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Retirees see silver lining of slowing mining boom

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The end of the mining boom could see resources companies paying out higher dividends to shareholders as opportunities for reinvestment dwindle, according to Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hamson.

EQT makes last attempt to attract TRU shareholders

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
In a last attempt to attract The Trust Company shareholders to its buyout proposal, Equity Trustees (EQT) has extended its offer for the company.

Aussie ETF industry comes of age

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
New record highs in the trading value in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market show that the industry has come of age with investors increasingly using ETFs in sophisticated ways, according to BetaShares managing director Alec Vynokur.

Aberdeen wins Media Super Australian equities mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
Media Super has awarded Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen) an Australian equities mandate.

Funds market climbs 12.7% to $1.6tr

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
Australia's locally sourced funds management market climbed 12.7% during 2012-13 to reach an all-time record high of $1.614 trillion.

US market leads the post-Lehman recovery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The US equity market has performed the strongest since the darkest days of the global financial crisis, according to data released by Russell Investments to mark the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

PM Capital Absolute Performance fund recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Investment research house Zenith has awarded a 'recommended' rating to the PM Capital Absolute Performance Fund.

ETF Securities launches product creation service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
ETF Securities has launched CANVAS, a new service enabling asset managers from around the world to build and launch exchange-traded funds in Europe.

The Trust Company parts ways with Equity Trustees

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
The Trust Company board has recommended its shareholders to reject the buyout offer from Equity Trustees (EQT) by ignoring it.

Asgard adds Tyndall concentrated fund to platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Asgard has added Tyndall Asset Management's newest equities fund, the Australian Share Concentrated Fund, to its platform.