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Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Challenger has appointed a new chief executive for funds management after Ian Saines announced his intention to retire from the role in June. The job is going to Nick Hamilton, who has led Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners since ...

Kapstream cuts fees on flagship fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... income segment is also far more competitive with a broader range of products and managers." Kapstream is set to list an active ETF on the Chi-X, which Bloom said is expected in early October, pending the greenlight from the stock exchange. "We decided ...

Platinum funds leak over $100m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... International Healthcare Fund, Platinum Technology Fund and the Platinum Global Fund. The Asia and international fund also have active ETF versions where the fund's responsible entity acts as the market maker instead of an external entity filing ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
The corporate regulator is set to ask ASX and Chi-X to stop admitting new active ETFs that use internal market making as it mulls a review, Financial Standard can reveal. ASIC has asked all market operators to not launch any new active ETFs with internal ...

ETFs cross $50bn, fixed income leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
Aussie investors were keen on fixed income ETFs but cooled off on currency and commodities ETFs in the first half, as strong inflows and buoyant markets pushed the total FUM over the $50 billion mark. ETFs attracted $4.4 billion in net inflows in the ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... advises on almost $500 million of client assets, says if an actively-managed fund that it currently uses were to make an active ETF version available, it wouldn't make a switch unless there was a clear advantage to its clients. "I think I will stick ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
BetaShares and Legg Mason have launched a new active ETF that will invest in emerging markets equities. Martin Currie, a Legg Mason affiliate, will manage the new exchange-traded fund, called the BetaShares Legg Mason Emerging Markets Fund (managed ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... successfully negotiating deals and driving a private to public premium," Bornstein said. In May, Perennial launched an active ETF that invests in small caps with an ESG strategy.

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
The active manager has forgone the ASX for competitor Chi-X as it looks to list its first exchange-traded fund. Kapstream will launch an active fixed income strategy as a Chi-X quoted fund on a date to be announced soon. Chi-X is gearing up to list ...

New Perennial small caps active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
Perennial Value Management's small caps team has launched an active ETF with an ESG strategy, with eInvest as the distributor. The eInvest Future Impact Small Caps Fund (ASX: IMPQ) is the first actively-managed ESG ETF in Australia. Betashares (ASX ...