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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data. At 0818 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

HUB24 sets up white label platform for Wilson HTM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... clients. The platform offers a wide range of investments including shares, managed funds and separately managed accounts (SMAs), as well as access to Wilson HTM's internal research and portfolio construction expertise to offer managed portfolios. The ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... 10% in 2013 to 25% in 2014, the Investment Trends December 2014 Platform Report found. This shows that "the availability of SMAs to financial planners increased significantly in 2014," with Colonial First State's FirstWrap, Macquarie Wrap and Perpetual ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Future Fund significantly outperformed super funds in 2014 thanks to its heavier weighting to US dollar investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned ...

Bellmont to offer SMAs through Hub24

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... SMA offerings across different platform providers, albeit slowly," director Peter Bell said. Speaking about the virtues of SMAs, Bell added, "they offer the simplicity of a managed fund and at the same time provide the transparency and effectiveness ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... recognised fund managers account for 59% of managed account model portfolio options (known as separately managed accounts or SMAs), 25% of these options are operated by financial advice licensees, researchers and consultants such as Ibbotson, Morningstar ...

Lonsec gains 2,800 users through iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... clients can access Lonsec's research including managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), separately managed accounts (SMAs), property funds, infrastructure funds and structured products. They also have access to performance, fees and features information ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is lower as a large fall in commodity prices overnight weighs on the market. Oil prices have plunged, with Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December hitting a four-year low after Saudi Arabia slashed its export prices ...

Macquarie adds SMA option to platform wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Macquarie has launched separately managed accounts (SMAs) as an investment option on its platform, the Macquarie Wrap. This will allow advisers and their clients to access an extensive range of SMAs, managed by investment managers and covering a range ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Australian stocks were flat in early trade in a resilient start to the week following solid falls in the US and Europe on Friday. The Australian share market posted a seventh straight session of gains on Friday, taking it to a new six-year high. IG ...