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UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... funds to the ASX's mFund settlement service. Eleven UBS funds are now available through mFund. These are: the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund, UBS Microcap Fund, UBS HALO Australian Share Fund, UBS Australian Bond Fund, UBS Diversified Credit Fund ...

Aussie fintech partners with Alibaba

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... reflected the fintech's reputation for flexible financing solutions and presented an opportunity to further serve Australian small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). "This collaboration will address the biggest problem businesses face in buying and selling ...

UBS enters SIV space

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... million across a mandated range of SIV complying investments in exchange for temporary resident visa. The UBS Australian Small Companies SIV Fund has been designed with the objective of satisfying the SIV emerging companies complying investment criteria ...

Colonial First State awards $55m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... research to identity three types of companies: "stars," "turnarounds," and "under-researched stocks." The 8IP Australian Small Companies Fund has a strong track record, returning 17.4% p.a. over 3 years (net of fees) and has a high rating from one of ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Pengana currently manages around $1.5 billion in assets across five equity strategies spanning Australian shares, Australian small caps, global resources, global small caps, and Asian event driven. The deal with PanAgora follows a similar arrangement ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Scorecard looks at performance data to 31 December 2014. In 2014, the majority of funds in all categories, except Australian small-cap equity funds, underperformed their respective index benchmarks over the one, three, and five-year periods. Australian ...

MetLife partnership extend group insurance to SMEs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Steadfast, the largest network of general insurance brokers in Australasia, to extend MetLife's group life cover to Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The two companies have produced a suite of co-branded corporate life products, which ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... underperformed the benchmark in the five-year period. The one sector flying the flag for active management is Australian Small-Cap Equities where only around 8% of active funds underperformed the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index over one and three years ...

Legg Mason wins $125m Mercer mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global asset manager Legg Mason has been awarded a $125 milllion Australian small companies mandate by Mercer's multi-manager business, Mercer Investments. The company joins Mercer's stable of small company managers after a long period of analysis and ...

Investors beware IPOs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... would any potential stock, with a focus on the fundamentals and a long-term horizon. As a fund manager focus on Australian small caps, Hyperion conducts a range of analysis on the investment potential of companies looking to list for the first time. ...