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Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... is expected to open on September 24 and will run for about three weeks, closing on October 25. The LIC expects to start trading on October 31 under the ticker code FTA. Former Macquarie managers Firetrail Investments set up shop at Ian Macoun's multi-affiliate ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... to a reading of +15 in August from +13 in the previous month and remains way above its long-term average reading of +5. Trading conditions improved to a reading of +19 in August from +18 in July and profitability jumped 6 points to +16 in August. The ...

SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... opportunity to make large non-concessional contributions to superannuation, he added. CommSec also released its latest SMSF trading report this week, showing SMSF investors are increasingly turning to international equities for greater diversification ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... exposure to listed investment companies and trusts in a bid to reach new markets. According to the latest Commsec SMSF Trading Trends Report, SMSF investors are increasingly turning to international equities for greater diversification and returns, attracted ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... SMSF sector has grown. However, a significant portion of the LICs, many are relatively small in size. Out of the 110 LICs trading on the ASX, vehicles that have market cap of greater than $100 million take up $36.5 billion of the $42 billion in total ...

Boutique manager expands fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... fixed income. He was Deutsche's head of relative value research for Europe. He also spent 13 years in fixed income trading positions for the bank in London and Sydney, focused on global volatility and interest rate derivative markets. Ardea has also ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... just 1% of the global market. Petering said there was "a lot of misrepresentation" about ETFs in the media, noting ETF trading during periods of market stress did not equate to forced redemptions of underlying stocks and bonds. Petering used the performance ...

Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... discontinued software. Chair Don Sharp said the software costs are tax deductible, and together with brought-forward Linear trading losses of $9 million, these will shelter income tax liability for the group. Despite the loss, Sharp said the acquisition ...

Custodians oversee heightened domestic equity trades

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... period, or about 80,000 transactions per settlement day. It illustrates the support the custody industry provides to the trading activities of institutional investors, ACSA said. The mix of total assets in international markets has increased from about ...

WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... course and will make a formal recommendation to its shareholders following such consideration. WDE shares rose by 9%, trading about $0.95 cents at publication time.