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Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... which the report describes as the "industry's lifeblood" changed little in recent years. BCG warned the environment for active managers remains challenging, and the decade-long migration of investments from traditional active-core assets to passives ...

ASIC audits limited AFSLs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
ASIC recently audited 20 limited AFSL holders to assess how they were faring with their obligations following the removal of an exception for accountants to give advice on SMSFs in July last year. ASIC found licensees were uncertain about steps they ...

APRA sets new capital target for the big four

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... recommendation that Australia's major banks should match the capital levels of the top quartile of large internationally active banks. APRA chair Wayne Byres said the regulator's objective in establishing unquestionably strong capital requirements "is ...

Global $430bn manager enters Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... firm employs more than 290 people and specialises in private markets services for sophisticated investors. "We've been active in this region for nearly a decade, and are excited to be formally establishing a presence in Australia," Hamilton Lane chief ...

Plum Super launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... support." Plum Retirement Income offers two different investment paths - Cultivator and Self Select - that cater to both active and passive investor types. Cultivator Investment Path : offers members an automated investment and drawdown strategy, designed ...

Crowe Horwath acquires Grafton accountancy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... senior accountant Jennifer McLellan joining Crowe Horwath. "The team at Crowe Horwath Grafton is excited to be taking an active role in servicing the loyal and long standing clients of Bob Turns. Both businesses have strong ties and a long and successful ...

Perpetual case dismissed in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... outcome we hoped for in this matter we acted and continue to act in the best interest of our unitholders." He added: "As an active value manager our role is to find value in companies which are attractively priced and have quality prospects to deliver ...

AustralianSuper posts annual investment results

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... political uncertainty," Delaney said. "It's a great result for our more than 2.2 million members and it shows the benefit of active management as well as our program to internalise the management of our assets." Delaney added that about $26 billion ...

OC Funds Management wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A multi-manager appointed OC Funds Management to oversee its micro-cap strategy. Melbourne-based Alpha Fund Managers appointed OC to help deliver long-term capital growth by investing in Australian and New Zealand companies with a market capitalisation ...

Platform provider grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
A platform provider has added two new managers to its separately managed accounts menu, offering advisers and their clients access to a greater range of retail managed accounts. The Netwealth menu now includes SMA portfolios from Elston Asset Management ...