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Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... less in dividends in the third quarter than the corresponding period from 2017 as dividend growth at local banks flat lined. ASX-listed companies paid out US$24.5 billion ($33.5bn) to shareholders in quarter three, down 2.2% from US$25.1 billion ($34.3bn) ...

IOOF manager joins HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... was the national manager for advice relationships. Prior to this, he worked in adviser recruitment and education roles at ASX and DKN Financial, in a career spanning 20 years. Fraser was HUB24's NSW state manager for three-and-a-half-years. He joined ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Speaking at media roundtable in Sydney recently to launch the anticipated Antipodes Global Shares exchange-quoted managed fund (ASX:AGX1), Findlay said the recent fall-over of exchange-traded products came down to asset managers with not enough underlying ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... entity. WAM Leaders (WLE) is set to acquire 100% of Century Australia Investments (CYA), a LIC that primarily invests in the S&P/ASX 300 and has $97 million is assets. CYA aims to deliver a regular income stream of fully franked dividends. Its top holdings ...

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... launched a new ETF that will invest in 120 international healthcare biotech stocks for a fee of 0.45%. It will list on the ASX under the code CURE. It is built on the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index, which has achieved annual growth of 21.9% ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Industry stalwart Pauline Vamos is set to become chair of an ASX-listed insurance company which was taken to task during the Royal Commission. Vamos is now a non-executive director on the board of Freedom Insurance Group, the insurer that was admonished ...

ASX dismisses concern over AMP sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Following shareholder concern, the ASX has determined AMP does not require shareholder approval to move forward with the planned $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection businesses. On Friday the exchange confirmed AMP was not required to seek shareholder ...

Platypus distribution director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... the year to 30 September 2018, the fund produced a return of 26.69% (wholesale units) outperforming its benchmark, the S&P/ASX 300 accumulation index, by 12.66% after fees and expenses. Lonsec said Platypus's fund has a persistent growth style, concentrated ...

Managed accounts provider enters crowdfunding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... accounts business. It also provides securities trading services to retail and wholesale investors. BIR Financial is listed on the ASX and said in a statement that: "Pulse Markets maintains its advantage in the rapidly evolving financial services industry ...