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Platform provider wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
An ASX-listed platform provider has won a mandate from a wealth firm for a new managed discretionary account service. Managed Accounts Holdings will work with First Point Wealth Management to set up an MDA service. The move comes as First Point Wealth ...

Vanguard launches ETF, appoints new lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
A new Vanguard ETF commenced trading on the ASX this morning, just as the company announces a new investment head for the Australian quantitative equities business. The Vanguard Global Multi-factor ETF (ASX: VGMF) aims to outperform the international ...

eInvest to grow active ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Active ETF distributor eInvest will expand its distribution model over the coming year. The firm - founded by senior Perennial Value Management executives - announced it will partner with a range of local and global investment managers across fixed ...

Kapstream co-founder announces retirement

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... distribution services continue are outsourced to Challenger's Fidante Partners Limited. Fidante is expected to launch an active ETF for a Kapstream strategy this year. Read more: Financial Standard profiled Raymond Lee last year.

Managed accounts grow, but education remains low

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
Latest research shows managed accounts usage continues to grow in Australia, despite educational deficiencies. Global asset manager State Street Global Advisors released research in conjunction with Investment Trends that reveals almost double the amount ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... Challenger to the boutique to take on the chief operating officer title. The appointments follows Ardea's launch of an active ETF last year, the first from Fidante's stable of active ETFs. Separately, Fidante Partners also hired BNY Mellon's ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
UBS Asset Management's small caps team is kicking off a boutique at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners with a new unit trust in the works. Stephen Wood, Victor Gomes and David Haddad worked together for eight years on the ...

BetaShares receives Zenith rating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
BetaShares has been awarded a recommended rating from Zenith for its Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200). BetaShares says A200 is the lowest cost Australian ETF globally, providing access to the largest 200 stocks by market capitalisation listed on the ASX. ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the $516 million QUAL. QUAL's index determines quality using three ...

Australian Ethical mulls Facebook divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... issues," he said. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, BetaShares removed Facebook from its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). ETHI is the largest ethical global equities ETF traded on the ASX. However, Palmer said the question of whether ...