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J.P. Morgan veteran joins Plato IM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... huge experience to our global equities capability." Last year, Plato launched a listed vehicle based on its Australian Shares Income Fund, the Plato Income Maximiser LIC. It exceeded its $220 million target, which Financial Standard noted at the time ...

BetaShares launches Australian-first hybrids ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... while also providing generally higher levels of capital stability and lower levels of volatility compared to Australian shares. It also provides those who otherwise own only a handful of hybrids directly with greater portfolio diversification. For these ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... and all income was reinvested. By contrast, Australian bonds would have delivered 8.5% per annum, or $115,187; Australian shares would have returned 8.4%, or $113,405; listed property would have returned 8%, or $99,617; international shares would have ...

Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... Managers, which also recently partnered with Investors Mutual and Folkestone, invested in Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund. Alpha portfolio manager Julien Brodie explained: "We are attracted to the Fund's strong track record of outperformance ...

Equity Trustees appointed RE for boutique

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... for "the conservative wholesale/retail/institutional investor looking for defensive exposure to high yielding Australian shares and who can use franking credits." The fund's objectives are capital preservation, an attractive yield (including franking) ...

New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... assets available through SMSFs are excluded, clients can invest in the top 500 ASX-listed securities; listed Australian shares; exchange-traded funds (ETFs); exchange-traded commodities; hybrid securities and bonds; listed investment companies (LICs) ...

Saxo Capital Markets expands solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... to investors' other SMSF and portfolio administration reporting platforms. Clients will be able to invest in Australian shares through a Holder Identification Number (HIN), which is a unique identifier assigned by the ASX to investors who use a broker. ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... found it tough to generate absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers. A study by investment research firm Zenith found profiting from short selling strategies for the ...

Mercer wins university investment mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... Swinburne University of Technology invest in Mercer's Socially Responsible Global Shares and Socially Responsible Australian Shares Funds. Since instituting a responsible investment charter, Swinburne will restrict its portfolios from investing in companies ...

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Johnson said would help mitigate concentration and currency risk. "For instance, we are lowering allocations to Australian shares and REITs, while increasing exposure to global shares as we seek to account for Australia's more concentrated sharemarket. ...