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Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... Australian and global equities, we had a probable cost in terms of being out of the market and transacting of probably 20 bps-so pretty high," Edwards said on an ASI Panel looking at the investment implications of a superannuation fund merger. "So if ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... was in taking action. Divesting from fossil fuels, for example, just "passes the parcel". "The efficacy of divesting is pretty much zero," he said. Pearce recalled occasions where the fund brought renowned Australian climate scientist and Climate Council ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... and institutional investors retreated. "[We have] a very large appetite and are very keen to add global managers. We are pretty open-minded but with a set of criteria," Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams said. Perpetual Investments currently has $27 ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... emphasise that these so-called zombie funds are not necessarily bad funds. But from our analysis of the network effect, it's pretty clear that they will have a hard time providing the benefits of the network effect to investors," he said. The research ...

Big banks forced to cut costs: Perennial Value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... and what can be done in the medium term." King anticipated that half-year results set to be released shortly will not be pretty: "There are going to be a lot of line terms and not much growth." Despite this, he remained positive this would be a transient ...

Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... noted Hayne's view that fees for no service was an endemic issue. "Hayne was very concerned about this issue and he pretty much fell shy of saying that it was essentially stealing in his opinion," Carroll said. "He considered it to be endemic in ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... "But I think given points in time right now there are markets that [have] better value. Places like Japan for example look pretty cheap." James Kingston, BlackRock director and head of portfolio analysis and solutions across Asia-Pacific, said investors ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... imputation credits. Appearing on a panel, Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said Labor's proposals amounted to "a pretty bad policy". "It's biased, it's just a tax grab," he said. "It is just an unfair tax. You can debate the merit ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Citing Sean Taylor - DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities - Financial Standard editor, Darren Snyder, penned a report titled, "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the Financial ...

Quirky SMSF investments unveiled

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... disappointed as returns fell below expectations in recent years. "Quite often ATM investors sign a 10-year lease, which makes them pretty obsolete and impossible to sell at that point," he said. Other exotic investments include: Commercial washers and ...