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Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... allocate 100% to passive; if yes, one should then ask key questions about gross alpha expectation and risk tolerance prior to finding an adequate active-passive mix. "In this debate, everyone wants to be on the side of the angels, and it is true that ...

Managed Accounts Forum draws record crowd

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
A record attendance is expected at the upcoming Best Practice Forum in Managed Accounts, hosted by Financial Standard. More than 300 people have registered for the event which has drawn strong interest from financial advisers, many of whom are preparing ...

Merger sees advice firms capitalise on capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... care of their financial well-being." Modoras Group managing director Peter Sarai agreed, saying Modoras looks forward to finding what more is possible for the business and its clients. Fox and Couceiro will continue to oversee the Melbourne operations ...

Boutiques actively proving value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Boutique Australian equity managers have demonstrated the value of active management, outperforming benchmarks and non-boutique managers over three, five, seven and 10 years. According to the latest insight from Fidante Partners, boutique Australian ...

ASIC sets sights on IPO investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
Hard to read, complex and misleading prospectuses could soon be a thing of the past following an industry regulator review of the IPO market. An ASIC report looked at the experience of institutional and retail investors in making decisions, and outlined ...

Pre-retirees risk significant shortfalls: MLC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... most recent quarter only increased by a relatively small amount and that is welcome news, but many retirees are still finding it difficult to achieve a comfortable standard of living in retirement," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy warned. "In particular ...

ASIC raises concerns over NSX listings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
The corporate regulator has raised a number of "concerning trends" in the way some foreign companies are admitted on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX). In ASIC's review of NSX listing standards between July 2013 to August 2016, the regulator ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
The Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...

US$4.1 billion infrastructure debt fundraising secured

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... debt as an investment strategy, were also strong supporters of the fund." Jones added that the firm's focus is now on finding great assets on behalf of IDF III investors. "We have already secured four high quality assets for the fund and are seeing further ...

Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... at record highs, and yet this is not translating to greater use of financial advice, with trustees citing difficulty in finding advisers who can meet their needs. Research from Investment Trends and Vanguard Australia shows that of the 585,000 SMSFs ...