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Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
A boutique fund manager has launched a new income fund that provides an alternative to low-yielding cash and term deposits. Prime Value's Diversified High Yield Fund, which launched on August 1, aims to provide investors with a return of 4% per ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
Aussie equities managers had a hard time beating the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation index in the year to June and the underperformance gap has widened significantly over the past four years, according to new Rainmaker research. Just one in 10 wholesale managed ...

ASIC bans SMSF business director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
ASIC banned the director of a firm allowing people to illegally access their superannuation early to buy a home. The corporate regulator slapped Max David Goldenberg with an eight year ban from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The well-known fund manager is back with two Aussie equities strategies totaling $3 billion in capacity at his new boutique, after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Investors including Singapore's $150 billion plus sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
You know the world's in trouble when the Fed starts contemplating negative interest rates... and then some. "There are other types of policies that probably aren't getting as much analysis. But one is negative interest rate policies. Those are ...

What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Higher base fees, more complex fee structures and fewer investment options could be holding Australian robo advisers back from reaching the scale their American counterparts have, according to new research from Rainmaker. Australia has six main companies ...

BlackRock appoints Melbourne head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The US $6.8 trillion global investment giant has appointed a head of Melbourne in a newly-created role following strong demand for its strategies from local investors. David Porter will move from London where he is the managing director, head of UK ...