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Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Institutional investors are moving fast to protect their portfolios from the risks facing the Australian market. Over a third of the money poured into new mandates last year was in international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian ...

Don't rage against the machine

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... the US, Nutmeg in the UK and now Stockspot in Australia, were cutting the time between engaging an 'adviser' to putting money to work in the markets from six weeks to just 10 minutes. What's more, consumers could complete the whole process on their phones ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Union-International Monetary Fund creditors by Sunday to unlock the final 7.2 billion euros ($7.8 billion) of bailout loan money following four months of fractious talks. HONG KONG - Japan's Nikkei stock index has climbed for a 10th straight day with ...

Low-cost super awash with inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... gone from managing less than $1 billion to managing about $2.5 billion in the 12 months to December 2014. Recently Virgin Money also announced plans to ramp its superannuation offering, including appointing a new chief executive and entering a partnership ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... re-weighted according to rigid rules. These, Hurt says, are vulnerable to being picked off by savvy traders. "The best way to make money in financial markets is to arbitrage an investor that is always going to follow the same rules," Hurt said. "Re-worked ...

YBR boutique wins $50 million mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Boutique fixed income manager Smarter Money Investments, a joint venture between Coolabah Capital Investments and Yellow Brick Road, has been awarded a $50 million institutional mandate. SMI's Smarter Money Active Cash Fund (Assisted Units) also received ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... very inefficient for fund managers to allocate capital based simply on market capitalisation, said d'Assier. "The smart money uses other techniques," he added. This is part of why investment advisory groups are promoting 'smart beta' strategies, but ...

Gen Y saving habits reveal advice opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... segment most likely to say it has saved more in the last 12 months, but also the group most likely to find dealing with money stressful, new research from Rabobank shows. According to the RaboDirect Financial Health Barometer, which surveyed 2,300 Aussies ...

Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Smarter Money Investments (SMI) flagship cash fund has been added to the BT Wrap Platform and is now available on six other platforms for advisers and their clients inside and outside superannuation. The Yellow Brick Road (YBR) funds management ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... outrage at HESTA, LGS or AMP's decision to introduce screening is unclear, particularly given there is potentially a lot more money involved in these decisions. Another odd aspect of the ANU saga was that it quickly became a debate about fossil fuel ...