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Portfolio implementation delays costing investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
The speedier implementation of portfolio changes enabled by managed accounts can have a significant impact on investors' wealth, latest Lonsec analysis shows. Citing responsiveness as a key benefit of managed accounts, Lonsec measured the hypothetical ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
A small and mid-cap boutique set up by two former Paradice Investment Management portfolio managers has converted its $440 million strategy to a listed investment trust. Ophir Asset Management's High Conviction Fund has delivered 20.2% per annum ...

Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
Richard Quin's Bentham Asset Management is launching a new mFund for its asset-backed securities (ABS) strategy as the boutique ramps up the distribution for the $130 million strategy. The now $8 billion boutique broke away from the Sydney offices ...

CBA stashes cash for compliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank will put aside an additional $350 million in 2019 to cover larger than expected costs for compliance and remediation programs as well as its separation from CommInsure Life. In an update to the ASX on Tuesday evening, CBA said its ...

UniSuper awards small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
UniSuper has awarded a boutique manager a $250 million mandate to manage small cap equities. The $70 billion industry fund chose Lennox Capital Partners, a firm that began at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners last year. UniSuper ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners has listed its first active ETF as it dips its toes in the exchange-traded fund market. The Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (ASX: XARO) has become the first launch out of the ActiveX banner that ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
APRA is seeking to impose license conditions on IOOF and disqualify several of the firm's executive leaders. In a media release this morning, APRA said it had commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia. It seeks to disqualify five individuals ...

Australian Unity fund manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The fund manager of Australian Unity's $450 million office REIT stepped down after nearly seven years on the job. Grant Nichols left as the manager of Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) on November 30 to pursue other opportunities. He is replaced by ...