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BetaShares beefs up team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Department. O'Connor joins BetaShares from Bell Potter Securities, where he was an associate adviser with a focus on ASX-listed equities and ETFs. The two new appointments come as the ETF industry continues its strong growth trajectory and follows on ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

BNP Paribas wins another custody mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... office services. Northcape is an independent fund manager that specialises in managing concentrated portfolios of listed equities for institutional clients. It has more than $8 billion in assets under management. "A primary focus area at Northcape is ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... investments within retail funds and not-for-profit funds," which it suggested may be due to a higher exposure to listed equities on the retail side and "infrastructure type risks" on the not-for-profit side. The full story is available in the latest ...

Parametric announces LGIAsuper mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... general, a tax-managed CPM approach can add between 50 and 90 basis points a year (pre-fees) to a super fund's listed equities portfolio. Analysis of LGIAsuper's portfolio suggested that potential benefits within that range exist. LGIAsuper is Parametric's ...

Impact investor calls on super fund VC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... here who really deserve it." It is Trimantium's belief that as a result of super funds' overexposure to domestic listed equities, valuations in that area are becoming unsustainable. It is trying to grow private equity in unlisted asset allocations inside ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... been paring back its exposure to equity market risk over the last 12 months, falling from a total of 39.1% in listed equities at 31 December 2014 to 31.0% at 31 December 2015. Cash rose to 20.5% of the portfolio at year end 2015, up from 12.8% at the ...

IFM Investors launches new equities team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... multi-strategy funds Lachlan Davis. The global fund manager has appointed nine equity investment professionals to its listed equities division with the responsibility of running three strategies: Australian long-only active equity, Australian long-short ...

MySuper impacts AMP investment revenue

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... but are higher in infrastructure and property, especially unlisted property. Retail super funds are higher in listed equities. Contributions to funds with more than four members over the June 2015 quarter were $30.2 billion, up 8.2% from the June 2014 ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... superannuation funds (SMSFs) are likely to underperform MySuper funds this year, as their average exposure to overseas listed equities is 7% of assets on average, far less than MySuper funds which have 31% on average and SMSF cash holdings are much h ...