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ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... risk and incorporate a means of managing it into their risk management framework." Internal market making enables active managers to list their strategies as ETFs without having to disclose their portfolio holdings. In traditional market making, an ETF ...

Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... 94% of the returns for these funds could be attributed to the index instead of the fund manager's skills. "Active managers must also differentiate themselves and provide what smart beta cannot. If this differentiation can't be achieved, then ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... than absolute return potential in the short-term." Moffett also believes the change could bring big inflows from active managers. "It should translate into some US$40 billion worth of inflows from active funds, assuming these funds allocate money according ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... bias towards small caps because they are harder to short. Secondly, last year's volatility did not favor many active managers. "While volatility returned to equity markets, low levels of dispersion across individual stocks resulted in an unproductive ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... exposure to sectors such as financials, industrials and real estate. "This will give rise to more opportunities for active managers to diversify their portfolios and enhance performance outcomes," De Silva said. But investing in China A-Shares comes ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... management, Coote says there are no immediate plans for a listed version of the strategy - a channel that fixed income active managers started experimenting with last year.

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... passive manager will try to match the index in terms of exposure to sector, duration, currency exposure and so on. Active managers take bets against the index and try to beat or outperform it. If an index has a 10% allocation to a country, active managers ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... since 2009, while LICs have only grown at 11.5% CAGR in the time. Lower fee and high levels of underperformance in active managers have fueled the ETF segment's growth after it first took off after the GFC. Product boom Managers from both sides have ...

DNR Capital tries small caps on for size

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... Australian small cap companies provide investors with opportunities to tap into unrealised potential because many active managers don't delve deep enough into emerging companies. Earlier this year, DNR's Australian equities income portfolio manager Scott ...

The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... most advisory firms construct their portfolios from retail approved product lists, which tend to over-represent active managers; and this further adds to portfolio management costs," he said. "Advisers with insufficient portfolio management skills will ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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