Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 231 - 240 of 851 results for "MSC"

Global equities ETFs surge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Australian investors are favouring global equities exchange traded funds (ETFs), with the sector recording nearly 50% growth year on year, research shows. Industry research from Vanguard showed global equities ETFs recorded $4.9 billion in inflows in ...

Challenger adds market-linked annuity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
Challenger Life has updated its annuities offering with a range of market-linked options in an attempt to overcome longevity risk and provide financial advisers with more retirement solutions. Ahead of the legislation of the Retirement Income Covenant ...

Loomis Sayles lists active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
Loomis Sayles launched its unlisted global equity strategy on the ASX today as an active exchange-traded fund. The Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund (ASX: LSGE) is a separate class of units in the unlisted Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund. The latter ...

WAM looks to acquire Asian equities LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
WAM Capital is attempting to acquire a listed investment company that has a concentrated portfolio of listed Asian equities. WAM has its eye on PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund (PAF), offering to pay $1.147 per PAF share. The proposed takeover bid ...

MFS Investment Management launches new trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
The US$685.5 billion fund manager has opened a multisector, small and mid-market-cap equity trust to Australian and New Zealand investors. The MFS Global New Discovery Trust aims to generate alpha by selectively investing in high-quality companies within ...

Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
A new Fidante Partners boutique has launched its flagship emerging markets fund. Ox Capital Management's Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund invests in undervalued companies from Asia ex-Japan and other emerging markets. It holds between 30 to 50 stocks ...

AMP North reduces fees, adds options

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
AMP's North wrap platform reduced the minimum brokerage fee for listed securities and added 20 options to the MyNorth investment menu. The minimum brokerage fee for listed securities for clients is now $18.49 from $34 and applies to superannuation ...

YFYS will impact advisers too

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker addressed the Association of Financial Advisers' annual conference to explain what the Your Future, Your Super reforms mean for financial advisers. "These reforms are really important for our members, your clients ...

Janus Henderson adds active ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
The ASX-listed US$405 billion manager launched a global sustainable equity active ETF that confronts challenges posed by various megatrends. The Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Active ETF (FUTR) will invest in 50-70 companies that deal with ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott has launched an Asian equities dividend growth fund. The Maple-Brown Abbott Asian Dividend Growth Fund aims to deliver a total return over a five-year period maintaining a dividend yield in excess of the ...