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Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... French (2015) five-factor model and by 0.82% p.a. and 0.56% p.a. on a gross and net-of-fee basis respectively when we use an index model," he said. Commenting on the latest findings, global network the Group of Boutique Asset Managers (GBAM) chair Tim ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) is urging the federal government to reconsider the proposed terms on the Division 296 superannuation tax. The super tax has received mixed opinions since its announcement, but the Labor government has insisted ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... achieve the best of both worlds for our clients in public equities and offer a highly competitive fee structure to rival index funds, with an active overlay from a risk and quantitative perspective from one of the world's largest investment managers ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Vanguard took the international equities (indexed/enhanced) category with its Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund and multi-asset (growth) with its Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF. U Ethical Investors was awarded Australian ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... scales are building their asset allocation. "We're a firm with a scaled footprint in terms of offering, in particular, index investments. Index isn't the only thing that State Street Global Advisors does, but certainly, we have a significant ...

Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... a staggering 1.8 million Australians, more than three times Labor's proposition. Ultimately, the FSC saidthe decision to index the tax will impose "significant impact" on younger Australians. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said it is important for ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... It's a rare opportunity to help shape the future of financial services from the ground up." ETF Shares - the first new index ETF issuer to launch in Australia in over a decade - began trading in May and has already accumulated $20 million in assets ...

Schroders expands active ETF suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... active ETF for Schroder Global Core Fund today and offer investors access to our successful long-standing global enhanced index strategy and team." Also commenting, co-head of Schroders' QEP Investment team Lukas Kamblevicius said: "Since the inception ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says the Coalition will "fight to the death" to ensure the taxing of unrealised capital gains is abandoned. Appearing on the Today show this morning, Canavan and Greens leader Larissa Waters debated the viability of the ...

Touchstone closes flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... Touchstone Asset Management has closed its flagship Australian equity fund nearly a decade after it launched. The Touchstone Index Unaware Fund shuttered in May, having been in operation since 4 April 2016. The fund aimed to outperform the return of ...