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Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information has revealed indexed investments in the Australian market grew by 22% in the year to September 2019, surging to more than $500 billion. Indexed investments grew by 22% over the period, twice as fast as active ...

The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As underperformance continues to plague active managers, here are the names of the Aussie shares funds that managed to beat the S&P/ASX 200 in the year to October. The 12 months to October were particularly bad for active managers. As the S&P/ASX 200 ...

Active ETF review results imminent

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
ASIC will meet with key players in the active ETF space this afternoon and is expected to release the findings of its review of the sector as early as this evening. The corporate regulator has invited product issuers, market makers and the exchanges ...

Concerns over rise of the mega-fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... addressed, is what will happen if an active part of these mega-funds underperforms. "It's very easy if you appoint an active manager but it's not particularly easy if you have an internal team running the money," he said. APRA statistics show that in ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... gaze but wholesale and retail channel is really going down the managed accounts path and it will put pressure on active manager fees," Sebire says. The fee pressure is on in institutional land too, but it is not as cutthroat. JANA senior consultant Robert ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors suggests superannuation funds and investment managers are still not comfortable with flat dollar fees. The report, titled 'Managing costs and aligning interests: A decade on', written by director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

ASX faces challenge on ETF stronghold

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
ASX-listed exchange traded funds have raised close to $56 billion but now its lesser-known rival Chi-X is ready to start listing ETFs, with a Kapstream fund kicking off on it today. Chi-X started off trading small amounts of equities in Australia in ...

Stanford Brown eyes expansion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The private wealth firm is gearing up to add to its offering, chief executive Jonathan Hoyle says. Stanford Brown's core business is private wealth but it offers ancillary services including mortgage broking, property buying and insurance. In the coming ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
The Fund Manager of the Year has been named at the eighth annual Zenith Fund Awards, with the winner also taking out top honours for infrastructure and international equities excellence. Magellan Asset Management took home the Fund Manager of the Year ...