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New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... (CIV) non-resident withholding taxes. The conversation boils down to a unified goal of successfully exporting Australia's funds management expertise, especially in to Asia. The CIV structure is an outcome of the Johnson Report, and something the Financial ...

Uncertain environment fuelling risky investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... property there should be diversification away from residential, for example into commercial, healthcare or industrial property funds." Bryant said the best approach for investors is to consider their circumstances and not keep more money in cash than ...

Macquarie continues funds management reign: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... largest investment managers around the world and looks for emerging trends. Macquarie continues to be Australia's largest funds manager with US$355 billion in assets under management. It was ranked 52 in the world, down from 50 in 2015 and saw a decline ...

BTFG navigates wealth management headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... past year, indicating an increasing pressure on the big four banks' wealth management divisions. Cash earnings for BTFG's funds management division dropped 7% to $520 million, which was attributed largely to the partial sale of BTIM last year. Excluding ...

New director for NAB super trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... superannuation fund trustee. Andrew Gale joins the board of NULIS Nominees, which is responsible for NAB's superannuation funds including the MLC Super Fund. Bringing 35 years' experience in financial services, Gale has previously acted as executive ...

Watermark launches global market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Watermark Funds Management has launched its IPO for Australia's first global market neutral LIC. The Watermark Global Leaders Fund uses long and short positions in a global equity portfolio to deliver a fully market neutral strategy, and aims to deliver ...

Grant Samuel sells 80pct stake in GSFM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Canadian wealth management firm CI Financial has purchased an 80% stake in Grant Samuel Funds Management. The deal is expected to close later this month with CI acquiring the stake previously held by the corporate advisory firm Grant Samuel, which established ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... investors, market makers and service providers across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. EY expects exchange-traded managed funds will also drive growth in the Australian market, even though institutional investors have remained slow to adopt ETFs - typically ...

AZ NGA snaps up eighteenth firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... retirement planning, insurance and strategic financial planning advice. On-Track is responsible for about $170 million of client funds and has a team of nine, including three financial advisers. AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett said: "On-Track are ...

GBST partners with boutique administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... in the large scale registry market in Australia and globally." FundBPO provides administration services to more than 430 funds with assets in excess of $88 billion.