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Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Vanguard Australia is set to list two new exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure. The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX:VISM) and the Vanguard ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... at an SMSF structure for a client and you're thinking illiquid assets or an investment strategy that will be in one asset class then make sure your client is incredibly aware of the risks of that and you've considered the exposure of the SMSF and its ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... market demand. More than 56% of assets in mutual funds are in fixed income, but only 15% of ETF assets are in the asset class. More than 50% of the average European investor's portfolio is in fixed income, Lake added. "The first ETF was a transcendent ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief executive Chris Willcox has outlined his vision for the $120 trillion asset management industry, identifying a true north for its future direction. Speaking to a group of international media in London on Tuesday, Willcox ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Ratings houses have taken a broadly positive view on Hamish Douglass' decision to step down as chief executive of Magellan. On October 4 Douglass essentially swapped roles with the firm's chair Brett Cairns with Cairns appointed chief executive. ...

Chi-x opens up access to tech darling Apple

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Alternative stock exchange Chi-x is giving Aussie investors access to international tech stock Apple in partnership with Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank has issued a security called transferable custody receipts (TraCRs) that will give Aussie investors ...

StatePlus general manager departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... StatePlus is currently undertaking a remediation process for clients invested in its Allocated Pension Fund, Investment Funds - Class A, Fixed Term Pension Plan, Personal Retirement Plan and Term Allocated Pension Fund. Clients in these products pay ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Macquarie Group executives, including outgoing chief Nicholas Moore and successor Shemara Wikramanayake, are embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... account, unit trust and SMA model portfolios. The Aoris International Fund is offered in two classes. Since March 26 inception, class A (base fee option of 1.5%) has returned 11.2% which is 0.2% above the benchmark MSCI AC World Accum Index (AUD). Class ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
MSCI launched a series of market capitalisation weighted indexes excluding stocks involved in tobacco production. The new suite of indexes exclude all companies classified as producers of tobacco, and also excludes companies deriving 5% or more aggregate ...