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Nikko AM adds BDM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Reporting to Nikko AM's head of wholesale Rob Bluzmanis, Casey will focus on delivering the fund manager's Australian equities offering to independent financial advisers and growing dealer groups. Casey was a business development manager at Lonsec ...

Global equities boutique opens Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
A US-based global equities boutique has established an Australian office, with a former Perpetual Private analyst appointed to lead the local business. Sustainable Growth Advisers, headquartered in Connecticut, has opened an office in Sydney to meet ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... risk than others as the member ages. Take the 60-69 year age cohort for example. Catholic Super had a 62% allocation to equities for the segment while others like QSuper, BT Super, Tasplan, Local Government Super and Asgard kept equities allocations ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... world. "We expect strong interest from our clients in the BetaShares India Quality ETF as a part of their international equities portfolio." Vynokur said.

Former UBS AM research lead joins fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... new role with a $6 billion fund manager. After 17 years at UBS AM, Marissa Rossi is joining the Sydney-based Australian equities team of Milford Asset Management as senior analyst. Rossi has been UBS AM's head of research since 2007 and also currently ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... uses quantifiable attributes of a security or macroeconomic exposures to build portfolios. It's a widespread strategy in equities, but less common in other asset classes such as fixed income. The most popular factors are value, size, low volatility ...

Rainmaker unveils the best wholesale managed funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Growth Portfolio (14.1%) and the Dimensional Australia Value Trust (11.9%). The top-performing sector was international equities, achieving a 13% median return net of fees. Australian large cap equities delivered median returns of 11.2%, while the small ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... ETFs of 196 that met the Zombie criteria. These include: BetaShares Agriculture (hedged), Betashares Euro, K2 Global Equities Fund, three ETF Securities products (physical palladium, platinum and precious metal), and three UBS IQ products (Japan ethical ...

Multi-asset SMA launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... its partnership with Netwealth. The multi-asset SMA has direct shares capabilities, investing in both global and Aussie equities. Resonant was founded in 2017 by directors and co-portfolio managers Nick Morton and Glen Holder. It recently acquired its ...

Bennelong adds Asian equities boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... Australian versions of the funds later this year. BennBridge's new boutique called BambuBlack will invest in Asian equities through two funds focused on growth and income. The funds are managed by Jane Andrews who has over three decades of experience ...