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Super fund awards $150 million fixed income mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
A $152 billion US-based fund manager received a $150 million mandate from a Queensland-based industry superannuation fund. Payden and Rygel will manage a customised version of its Payden Absolute Return Investment (PARI) strategy on behalf of Sunsuper. ...

Royal Commission to boost ETFs: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... low-cost, passive options will become go-to investment vehicles. ETFs are far more cost-effective than comparable unlisted active managed funds that use platforms that charge high fees, Neiron said. "Clients and indeed legislators will no longer stand ...

Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Saxo Capital Markets Australia has launched its new active trading platform that will let users trade over 35,000 financial instruments at no monthly fees and without expensive legacy hardware. The product is aimed at professional traders and smaller ...

SMSF expert joins boutique investment house

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... separately managed accounts, introducing the PPM Global Growth SMA in response to growing demand from clients for access to an active global equities manager. The PPM Global Growth SMA is available on Powerwrap.

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Vanguard will list its first active exchange-traded funds for Australian investors on the ASX tomorrow. The first of the two new ETFs is Global Value Equity (ASX: VVLU), and invests in global equities with value characteristics. The second, the Global ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... increase portfolio diversification. There's an opportunity for advisers to discuss appropriate unlisted managed funds and active exchange traded funds available in the market to support trustees achieve this objective," Keegan said. Finally, the data ...

Open banking data to become super fund value add: QMV

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
As Australia inches towards a rollout of open banking services, a QMV principal consultant said superannuation funds should move to integrate open banking data to improve their services even before open data frameworks officially hit the super industry. ...

UK fund managers must improve fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The UK's financial services conduct regulator has released new rules for fund managers as part of its ongoing study into the asset management market. The latest Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report states that fund managers, as the agents of investors ...

AIST president and board director switch seats

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is leaving his post after a two-year term and a board director has climbed up to the fill the presidency. Catherine Bolger will be AIST's new president. She has been a board director ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... co-founded Wilson Asset Management in 1997 and has since founded subsidiaries WAM Capital, WAM Leaders, WAM Research, WAM Active and WAM Microcap. 8IP also announced the appointment of non-executive director Robin Burns. Burns is currently a member of ...