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K2 slashes fees for three funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... approach to equities remains the primary focus across all K2 products and provides clients with a flexible investment mandate, high conviction stock selection and a tested investment process," K2 said. "Our distribution and pricing strategy aims to position ...

Contango founder ousted in leadership battle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... George Boubouras. It also follows Contango MicroCap taking the unusual step of awarding a second micro-cap investment mandate to OC Funds Management in February.

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... managed discretionary portfolio picks the best quality of the large companies, but importantly the broader Investment mandate allows Altair to include smaller emerging star companies into the portfolio which we believe produces superior growth outcomes ...

Copia boutique wins micro-cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
A Copia Investment Partners boutique won a $27 million micro-cap investment mandate. OC Funds Management, founded in 2000 by head of investments Robert Frost, will manage a micro-cap portfolio for Contango MicroCap. Contango said OCFM was selected after ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... 2016 calendar year, Costello said the Future Fund is working with the Federal Government on the appropriate investment mandate for the next 10 years. The fund currently requires a real return of CPI +4.5%. Since inception in May 2006, the Future Fund ...

Contango joins forces for large-cap ETP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Contango Asset Management will be the manager for a new exchange-traded product launching on the ASX in February. The Switzer Dividend Growth Fund, for which Switzer Asset Management is the responsible entity, is a large-cap equity ETP targeting high-yielding ...

Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A global private equity firm signed a significant investment mandate with a sizeable Australian institutional investor. The institutional investor is yet to be named, but the mandate - which was secured in Blue Sky Alternative Investments' real assets ...

In-house investment leading mandate charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
The rise of in-house investment by Australian superannuation funds means they collectively became the highest mandate winner in the 12 months to September 2016. Rainmaker Information's latest Mandate Chaser report shows the highest number of super fund ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... services executive who less than 12 months ago went out on a limb to set up his own business signed a $500 million investment mandate in November - with another $500 million in the works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based financial services ...