Blackstone should put money where its mouth is

Blackstone evaluates companies, securities, and properties on the cash returns those assets will generate.

A cheap asset Steve Schwarzman’s group won’t buy.

More than half of Hong Kong's investment funds are managed for foreign investors.

Australia's managed funds export challenge

James Eyers

As the Australian economy pivots from selling resources to selling services, just how hungry are we to compete to manage the growing pools of capital in Asia's middle class?

Head above the crowd: investors who think beyond the benchmark are likely to do better.

Investors must look for growth pockets in 2016

Patrick Commins

Investors planning to travel the middle road in 2016 are likely to get squashed.

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Magellan's Hamish Douglass has enjoyed a stellar year.

Hamish Douglass succeeding spectacularly

Tony Boyd

It was hard to go past Hamish Douglass when The Australian Financial Review set out to find the Australian business person of the year.

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Stock in London-listed Aberdeen Asset Management is down 35 per cent.

Fund managers take a pounding

Investors in funds management companies around the world are being reminded of what happens when market sentiment changes.

Traders have three days left in 2015 to cover their positions before markets become very thin.

Now is the time to buy BHP

There's really only three trading sessions left in 2015 and the Dogs of the Dow rule dictates this year's losers end up being next year's winners.

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Sources told Street Talk that Telstra Super had lined up Paul Laband as a short-term replacement for former CIO Jim Christensen (pictured).

Paul Laband appointed Telstra Super "caretaker" CIO

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Telstra Super has overlooked its internal investment team to appoint investment committee member Paul Laband as its "caretaker" chief investment officer.

David Paradice has paid out $41 million in dividends to staff after recording a $59 million operating profit.

David Paradice's staff share in $41m dividend

John Stensholt

Fund manager David Paradice has paid out $41 million in dividends, much of it to a few members of his 26 staff, after recording a $59 million operating profit.