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Frontier appoints two analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... diligence. Brandon Roddis, meanwhile, has been in the BT Graduate Program since 2015, and is currently focusing on managed funds research and paraplanning. The new hires follow Frontier's recent appointment of a senior consultant to its infrastructure ...

ETFs to see $8bn surge in 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds may see over $8 billion in new investments in 2016, according to Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. Neiron attributed this figure to the rapid growth of new money in ETFs in response to declining share markets. "Market ...

Bell Financial Group posts strong result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... 14% over the year, overheads fell by around 2% reflecting the impact of recently renegotiated office leases. The group's funds under advice now exceed $32 billion with $28 billion in CHESS sponsored holdings, $900 million in cash deposits, $500 million ...

Younger clients best-served by robo-advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... profile, from highly conservative to aggressive, and then put them in a portfolio of four-to-six global exchange-traded funds based on their initial investment." Sub-$25,000 investments use four ETFs; above that value the number rises to six. Fordree ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect lower returns in the future than they have been ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... said in a statement this week there was an anomaly whereby public sector retirees who had been members of defined benefit funds paid about 5% of their after tax income back to the government. After they had retired or resigned, that money was returned ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... volatility. Parametric Australasia chief executive Chris Briant said operational strategy and tax management will also feature on funds' agendas in the New Year. This is backed by a recent "Insomnia Survey" from Parametric's Sydney office where up to ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Researcher Morningstar estimates Australian equity large-cap unlisted funds lost between $3 billion and $12 billion in assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers ...

ME names chairman replacing Weaven

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... said: "It is a privilege to be appointed as chairman of a genuine challenger bank built on the values of the industry super funds and which has as its core aim to help all Australians get ahead. "I look forward to working with the board and the CEO ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Last year was a bad one for hedge funds as they suffered their worst returns since 2011. Numbers from industry researcher Eurekahedge showed that its benchmark hedge fund index returned 1.56% in 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four ...