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ETFs now at $41.5 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... pulling money out of Australian shares. Yet the three biggest ETFs by market cap are all Australian equities: the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ($3.7 billion), iShares S&P 500 ($3 billion), Vanguard Australian shares index ETF ($2.9 billion). These Vanguard and iShares ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... acting as co-managers. The boutique will pay $9.4 million in expenses to joint lead managers, legal, investigating accountant, ASX, ASIC for lodgement and others, for the $304.5 million offer. Firetrail deputy portfolio manager Blake Henricks spoke to ...

CBA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... succession. O'Malley was BlueScope Steel's managing director and chief executive for more than a decade. He also served as the ASX-listed company's chief financial officer for 18 months before his chief executive appointment. In his prior roles, O'Malley ...

Pengana flags private equity LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... next year. Pengana enlisted the help of Chicago-based Grosvenor Capital Management to select investments for the soon-to-be ASX-listed investment trust. It invests in alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. ...

Unlisted property returns surpass equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... returns in other global gateway cities like London, New York and Tokyo," he said. Based on the latest Russell Investments and ASX long-term investing report, residential investment property (10.2%) was the top-performing asset class in the 20 years to ...

Evans Dixon buys Fort Street Advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
The ASX-listed financial services company has acquired Fort Street Advisers and will merge it with its capital markets business to create a corporate and institutional business. Evans Dixon will also ramp up its stake in the $730 million Fort Street ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... Health Care and Telstra, in a blue-chip bargain hunt that reflects an underlying belief in the long term prospects for these ASX stalwarts," the report reads. "Outside the ASX20, we've seen SMSF bargain hunters turning to the resources sector, with buys ...

Platform providers crack S&P/ASX 300

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Two platform providers have slid into the S&P/ASX 300 after the index provider executed a quarterly rebalance of its Australian indices at the close of reporting season. Praemium and HUB24 are now both in the S&P/ASX 300 which represents the largest ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... Investment Partners announced a $250 million IPO for a new LIC, on which Seed Partnerships served as the corporate advisor. The ASX now has 110 LICs with a total AUM of $42 billion, as of July 2018. The investment vehicles have enjoyed a strong growth ...

Life insurer undertakes strategic review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
In the lead up to an appearance at the Royal Commission, an ASX-listed life insurer has announced it is undertaking a strategic review. Freedom Insurance Group said the decision to assess its options was spurred by the release of ASIC's review into ...