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Pinnacle launches new affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... joined Schroders in 2004 and left in June this year. During his time at Schroders, he helped launch GROW, an active multi asset ETF listed on the ASX. Wanis commented: "I am thrilled to be establishing a new investment firm with such an esteemed partner ...

SMSFs seek offshore diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
SMSF investment in international managed funds, ETFs and direct shares continues to climb as exposure to cash and term deposits drops. Latest analysis from SuperConcepts shows allocations to international investments rose by 1.3% in the 12 months to ...

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Operating and investing in Australia for more than a decade, a contrarian asset manager is introducing superannuation and retirement investment solutions to the local market. White-labelling the OneVue wholesale platform, Allan Gray Australia is offering ...

ETFs now at $41.5 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
The Australian ETF industry swelled by 3.7% in August, adding $1.5 billion, according to BetaShares. Two thirds of these gains were delivered by asset appreciation, particularly in US shares, while a third ($550 million) came from new net inflows. Of ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... advisers and planners. However, the broker-adviser split is now roughly 50-50, Clayton said at the recent Financial Standard ETF Forum in Sydney - after managers started to take up the costs of the IPO instead of passing them on to the investors. For ...

SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
Self-managed superannuation funds are increasingly shifting away from cash to Australian equities, latest SuperConcepts figures show. Cash and short-term deposits dropped from 19.8% to 17.3% in the 12 months to June 2018, according to SuperConcepts' ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Self-managed superannuation funds increased allocations to international equities by 30% in the first half of 2018, as well as upped exposure to listed investment companies and trusts in a bid to reach new markets. According to the latest Commsec SMSF ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... advisers and planners. However, the broker-adviser split is now roughly 50-50, Clayton said at the recent Financial Standard ETF Forum in Sydney. The game-changer was the July 2017 float of VGI Partners where the manager took up the costs of the IPO ...

Managed accounts could outstrip super sector on CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... because they would not be bound by legislative developments as the super funds," he said. Speaking at the Financial Standard ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, Shead said he doesn't expect ETFs to play a big part in the new retirement income products ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment Management head of institutional sales Katie Petering busted several myths ...