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Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... issuer has had interest from institutional clients for BNDS. This would be keeping in line with BetaShares low-cost Aussie equities passive ETF A200 which in August attracted a $114 million allocation from an institutional client and a roughly $60 million ...

AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... will provide a range of services to enhance investment research and governance across approved product lists, its direct equities offer and managed portfolios. The appointment follows an extensive selection process, with AMP acting group executive, advice ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... for potential partnerships. In October 2017, the fund manager announced its first two affiliates - UK mid and small-cap equities specialist Tellworth Investments (a former Schroders shop) and emerging markets start-up Pembroke (led by Sanjiv Bhatia ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... sensitivity With global interest rates gradually rising, fixed income becomes increasingly more attractive relative to equities. This not only spurs investors to turn to fixed income, but within that look to fixed income ETFs, BetaShares distribution ...

ETFs: Buy strategy not structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
The managing director at a Sydney-based global equities manager accepts the seismic and long-term shift of investor money to exchange-traded funds, but said one core element is often forgotten in this development. Antipodes Partners managing director ...

Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... larger capital and shareholder base. WAM Capital (WAM) completed a successful takeover bid of another LIC, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE), on October 26, gaining 95.26% of the shares.

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... annual growth of 21.9% to the year ending October 31. ETF Securities Australia head Kris Walesby said: "The Australian equities market simply cannot provide a comparable universe of investible stocks by either size or variety." "In fact, there are probably ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... said: "There is an increasing interest from investors in high conviction active strategies in Australia, specifically in equities, and we see boutique start-ups continue to emerge in this space." This is likely to be driven by investors looking for more ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper oil greases wheels of growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... evidence of a slowing Chinese economy was reported." For sure, the slowing Chinese economy would have a negative impact on equities... but lower oil prices? Lower oil prices may be bad for energy companies and oil producing and exporting countries but ...