AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS
Financial planning
Amid continuing discussion about whether separately managed accounts (SMAs) may eventually supplant managed funds, Praemium has today announced that its proprietary SMA p...
Financial planning
Standard & Poor’s, in conjunction with the Australian Securities Exchange, has changed its Australian market indices to include foreign-domiciled equities and, as a resul...
Financial planning
IXIS Asset Management Australia has secured a $450 million global bond mandate from Colonial First State for the FirstChoice platform....
Financial planning
Australian investors have helped Malaysia set a new foreign investment record by doubling direct investments last year to more than $700 million....
Funds management
The global real estate securities sector presents a unique opportunity for informed Australian investors who are familiar with the domestic property trust market, accordi...
Funds management
As the current rate of superannuation inflows force Australian investors to look at investing in offshore listed stocks, fund managers should be wary of responding by flo...
Financial planning
Affiliated Managers Group will enter the Australian marketplace with the launch of a sales, service and distribution platform in Sydney....
Funds management
MacarthurCook is in the final stages of establishing a real estate securities fund in Asia, with a product disclosure statement expected to be available in the coming wee...
Financial planning
Vanguard is continuing its push into Asia, with South Korea next in its sights....
Financial planning
A new cold calling operation is threatening Australian investors, this time in the form of alleged scammers posing as representatives of a non-existent United States brok...
Funds management
Select Asset Management has extended its reach into the retail arena, launching a new product aimed at giving retail investors access to unlisted private equity investmen...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained injunctions in the Brisbane Supreme Court to stop a managed investment scheme involving $11 million....
Financial planning
AMP Capital has launched a fund that will provide Australian investors with the opportunity to access China’s growing economy for as little as $2,000....
Financial planning
AMP Capital Investors has flagged its intention to offer investors access to China A shares and bonds via a fund to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange....
Financial planning
Despite being a relatively new concept for Australian investors, structured products’ assets under management will increase threefold within the next three years, accordi...
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