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The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... every piece of data) and their implication for Fed action. Would it be all over this September? The days of 0-0.25% fed funds rate, that is. It's been stuck in this range since 16 December 2008 - almost seven years - and more than nine years since the ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Vanguard will launch four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to ...

VFMC begins search for new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is searching for a new chief executive after announcing the departure of its current leader. The VFMC board announced today that chief executive Warren Lee will depart at the conclusion of his current term ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... (ASX) having raised $302.1 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The listed investment company (LIC) is a fund of funds that gives investors access to global fund managers who manage the capital pro-bono so 1% of the fund's net assets can be ...

UBS hires Zenith, BlackRock senior execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Redford-Bell will be based in Queensland and as national sales manager of the wholesale sales team will implement UBS's managed funds initiative in Australia. He will work closely with financial advisers and other intermediaries, research personnel and ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... 12th at 1.29%. Among the top six Australian shareholdings are the big four banks, Telstra and BHP Billiton. In June, Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha advocated for Australians to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... mouthpiece - China's Finance Ministry has "put forward multiple fiscal policies aimed at stabilizing growth, such as coordinating funds to accelerate project construction, activating idle money and widening tax breaks". "Other measures include guidance ...

Invast launches thematic model portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... investment themes, and includes direct shares, contracts for difference (CFDs) over liquid global shares and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Some popular themes among investors include Ageing Population Australia, US Cyber Security, Bullish Australian ...

BTFG adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has added over 300 managed funds to its investment platform Panorama. This update offers an open architecture menu with access to funds from over 70 managers across a range of diversified, sector, specialist and wholesale managed ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... there was a large market that was either advised by stockbrokers, or didn't use an adviser at all. We know unlisted managed funds are foreign concept to most people so we came up with the listed managed fund structure," Douglass explains. Fund managers ...