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BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... manager of BNP Paribas Securities Services. Separately, in September 2018, BNP Paribas Asset Management launched a new benchmark-insensitive Australian equities trust. It aims to beat the S&P/ASX 300 accumulation index by 6% per annum, over rolling five-year ...

S&P launches new ASX small caps index

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a new index for small cap stocks listed on the ASX as a part of a new index series. The new S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Select is a subset of the older S&P/ASX small ordinaries but will include only those companies that ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio and the Omega ratio," he said. "In some categories where there is a clear and appropriate benchmark we incorporate a beta-adjusted alpha measure as well. We don't want strategies being rewarded purely on their beta being ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... report said benchmarking should include a requirement for all investment options to be compared to a listed investment benchmark portfolio tailored to their asset allocation. Funds should be required to undertake a 12 month period of remediation if an ...

Specialist SMSF advisers need only apply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... is suitable for them, the report said. This would make it easier for a client to question the advice they receive and benchmark its quality, the commission said. Further to this, the Productivity Commission has determined that a minimum balance requirement ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... not-for-profit funds, which delivered returns above benchmarks. An analysis of 42 funds found 29 performed below their own benchmark portfolio. "These 29 underperforming funds contain five million member accounts and about $270 billion in assets. About ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... generally less liquid and have higher correlations with equities," CFS said. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy Is benchmark unconstrained, allowing the manager to rotate between sectors and to manage duration actively in order to build a "best ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The $2 trillion Japanese pension fund has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage ...

CFS study finds managed accounts improve advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Financial advisers now have a number for how much more time they can expect to spend with their clients if they switch to managed accounts. A new whitepaper published by Colonial First State this week found advisers using managed accounts were spending ...

APRA lifts interest-only restrictions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... their peak industry body says competition will increase as a result. This week APRA announced it would remove the 30% benchmark for new interest-only residential mortgages, which it initially put in place in 2017 to "reinforce sound lending practices." ...