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Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Persistent sell orders have put Wall Street's major benchmark indices either in a correction (defined as a 10% drop from the nearest peak) or on the cusp of one: Nasdaq (-11.5%) and Russell 2000 (-15.6%); S&P 500 (-9.4%) and DJIA (-8.4%). The sell-off ...

CFS strikes strategic distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... said. Since its 2006 inception, the fund has achieved a 6.43% return per annum above the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark. Baillie Gifford director Colin Neilson said: "The new alliance offers an opportunity to broaden our decade long relationship ...

What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... referring to InvestSMART research released last month that found eight in 10 managed funds in Australia failed to hit benchmark returns over a 10-year horizon. The average underperformance was 1.88% while the average fees were 1.74%. InvestSMART offers ...

BennBridge boutique launches small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Smaller Companies fund from 2006 to 2017. Warren joined him in 2010. During their reign, the fund returned 435% versus the benchmark FTSE Small Cap Index of 114%. The new fund will sit alongside the team's £500m ($920.3m) UK absolute return strategy ...

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... GST) of the portfolio's NAV, and a performance fee of 7.5% of the fund's outperformance over a 8% p.a. fixed benchmark. In July, Pinnacle agreed to pay $46 million for a 35% interest in Metrics Credit Partners which invests in private debt ma ...

Young advisers key to business sustainability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The highest performing financial services firms are those that are more likely to hire younger advisers, according to new research. Macquarie's second bi-annual AFS Benchmarking Report shows that more than 55% of high performing firms are hiring younger ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Vanguard Australia is set to list two new exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure. The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX:VISM) and the Vanguard ...

Super funds excel in reporting obligation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
Nearly all large superannuation funds are fulfilling reporting obligations to a "high standard," the ATO's latest diagnostic reports show. In its fourth year running, the 2017 Risk Differentiation Framework (RDF) report found APRA-regulated funds successfully ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... Queensland government and was named as one of Westpac's Top 200 Businesses of Tomorrow. Impact Suite is also developing a benchmark that charities can use to compare themselves to peers. The data collected by the free and premium versions of the website ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... "When looking at pensions, it is not enough to simply take a pot of money and invest it with fiduciary compliant and benchmark aligned returns," Willcox said. "Portfolio construction will become more dynamic and customised and asset managers of the future ...