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iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... iShares Australia Jon Howie noted iShares has the most comprehensive range of smart beta ETFs listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), and commented that "iShares Edge Smart Beta ETFs are designed to provide Australian investors with a low ...

Infrastructure fund receives recommended rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Zenith Investment Partners has given a recommended rating to the UBS Clarion Global Infrastructure Securities Fund. The fund was jointly launched in 2016 by UBS Asset Management and CBRE Clarion Securities. The fund offers investors a combination of ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... resources from other essential tasks," he said. The remarks come alongside comments from the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which in its new report, highlights the important interaction between financial technology and ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

DomaCom secures exclusive US distribution partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... fractional property investment firm announced it had received approval from ASIC to extend its crowdfunding model to securities, DomaCom revealed its partnership with Prodigy Network. Through DomaCom and Prodigy, Australian investors will now be able ...

Contango AM launches growth LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... Contango Global Growth Limited, an ASX listed investment company actively investing in a portfolio of global listed securities. The global equities specialist fund manager, with approximately A$21.1 billion in assets under management, will work with ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... rates has placed NFP trustees and treasury managers under growing pressure to produce better returns, according to FIIG Securities' head of middle markets Mathew Simpson. "Many NFPs hold large amounts of cash needed to fund ongoing commitments but are ...

Custodians turn attention to CIVs and MITs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... (TOFA). Under operations, the proposed CHESS replacement, improvements in the standardisation of processing of discount securities and improvements to proxy voting automation are all on the agenda for the association. ACSA chair David Knights said 2016 ...

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Fractional property investment firm DomaCom was given ASIC approval to extend its crowdfunding model to securities. DomaCom's Australian financial services licence has been varied so the company can now offer fractional investment in corporate bonds ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Tactical trading strategies, particularly in direct securities, will offer the greatest opportunities for Australian bond investors over the next few months, says BondAdviser. In its 2017 outlook, the fixed income research platform found the possibility ...