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UK AIC launches investor-friendly website

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
The United Kingdom-based Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has launched a new consumer-friendly and interactive website addressed to retail investors and their advisers.

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
ISPT, Cbus and Omega Global Investors have been announced as award recipients by the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium for investment stewardship and innovation.

UK multi-asset favourite pushes for super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
One of the UK and US's best selling managed investment funds is now being marketed to Australian institutional investors.

Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Magellan Asset Management has secured a $3 billion mandate from UK investor St. James Place - just one of the fund manager's record wins in the past 12 months.

The year of balanced funds and fixed income: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Multi sector or balanced funds took in the largest net inflows of Australian discrete asset classes in 2012, according to Morningstar's inaugural Annual Global Flows Report.

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities.

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Conscious Capital has launched the Conscious Investor Fund, a highly concentrated portfolio aimed at wholesale investors.

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance.

Select hedge fund partners Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Select Investment Partners has appointed Neuberger Berman Australia as an investment advisory for its Select Alternatives Portfolio.

Slight lift in women presence on boards: ACSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Only 15.5% of board members at ASX200 listed companies are women, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) annual audit on board diversity released yesterday.