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Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... iterated its commitment to fintech, having invested $100 million in independent venture capital fund Reinventure. Sixteen active investments to date cover digital processes, blockchain, digital currencies, big data and analytics, and social and B2B networks. ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... investment offering after its successful launch earlier this year. In addition to small caps, micro-caps is an area where active management can reward investors and that's exactly what Perennial Value is doing with its new product." This news follows ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... interesting because if you look at the US, more than anywhere else, so much of the flows have been going into passive. Active flows in the US have been negative for the past 10 years, but for us, an active house, it's been one of our most successful ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The wealth management and insurance businesses continued to squeeze the margins of the four major banks in the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance ...

ESG and emerging markets investment continues rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... were not always reflected in those from PRI (Principles of Responsible Investment). In discussing the increased need for active managers to demonstrate they are active, the firm also warned investors against trusting performance metrics used by investment ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Top third-year Bachelor of Commerce students at Griffith University will actively manage a $250,000 investment fund with the purpose of generating returns to fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... been consistently told that large funds underperform "because they are forced to turn to lower conviction ideas, and that active management cannot outperform over the long term. This is demonstrably not necessarily the case." Hennessy pointed to the ...

AllianceBernstein slashes retail fees

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... performance," Driscoll said. Driscoll described AB as a global leader in the conversation about changing fee models in active management, referring to the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval in the US of six AB funds with a new performance-based ...

FPA supports disadvantaged youths

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's philanthropic arm has awarded $133,000 in support of young disadvantaged Australians. This year alone, the Future2 Foundation has funded projects in financial literacy, skills training, work experience ...

Macquarie tops Australian asset manager list

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... alone. We expect that this trend will continue to put downward pressure on traditional fee structures, particularly amongst active managers seeking to remain competitive and to maximise value to investors," Zinurova said.