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Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... actively managed ETF set to launch later this month. The $589 billion manager will offer its global emerging markets ETF on the ASX under the ticker code FEMX. The ETF is based on Fidelity's five-year-old Global Emerging Markets Fund which has outstripped ...

Managed accounts provider ramps up tech strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed platform provider is overhauling the technology behind its managed accounts offering. The clients and advisers using Managed Accounts Holdings' (MGP) managed discretionary account solution will be the first to benefit from the technology ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Yet, the take up of active ETFs has been slow. In the 13 years since the first actively managed ETF started trading on the ASX, only a total of 12 products are available. Together, they hold less than a billion of the $41.5 billion market, according ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday morning, Macquarie Group confirmed German authorities and the Munich District Court were investigating a 2011 ...

Pinnacle launches new affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... 2004 and left in June this year. During his time at Schroders, he helped launch GROW, an active multi asset ETF listed on the ASX. Wanis commented: "I am thrilled to be establishing a new investment firm with such an esteemed partner and shareholder ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... what was stated in the funds' disclosure statements and were in excess of capped annual admin expenses. Blue Sky told the ASX it was in the process of rectifying related third-party fees allocated to its close-end managed funds. This excludes any impact ...

BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
BT Financial Group is offloading Ascalon Capital Managers to an ASX-listed financial services firm. Westpac has entered into an agreement that will see ownership of the funds management business transition to Generation Development Group, formerly known ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... reasonable." Shareholders have until October 14 to accept. WDE is managed by Perennial Value Management and invests predominately in ASX-listed entities in addition to derivatives and cash. It aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index by ...

J.P. Morgan expands derivatives clearing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... J.P. Morgan has become the first over the counter (OTC) clearing participant to launch an agency clearing service through the ASX for AUD and NZD denominated derivatives. The clearing broker's Australian-domiciled clients will now be able to keep all ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... The exception was Australian mid and small cap funds. These gained an average return of 20.8% over a one-year period (S&P/ASX Mid-Small gained 18.8%), with 44.9% of funds underperforming the benchmark.