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Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... lending is now widely recognised as a credible investment, and this research certainly gives a strong vote of confidence from active investors," Foggo said. "We have reached the $100m milestone sooner than anticipated and this is simply because investors ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... the research and Melbourne-based Vanguard investment analyst, Dr Scott Pappas, said the findings reflect that, like any active tilt, factors carry higher risk relative to the broad market and therefore demand patience and conviction from investors, "who ...

Investment manager appoints head of machine learning

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... GLG's machine learning capabilities, developing tools to support the firm's portfolio managers as they run high-conviction active portfolios," Ferreira said. "We see many opportunities to utilise machine learning across the diverse data sets available ...

4D hires infrastructure specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... Infrastructure's global equity strategist Greg Goodsell said: "Following this appointment 4D is close to being fully resourced with active stock coverage of all four corners of the globe, including emerging markets." "Peter's appointment also adds depth ...

ESG adoption grows, returns follow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... the process?'" McKnett said. According to the study, Asia Pacific investors are trailblazing when it comes to including active ownership as part of a complete ESG strategy; 80% have some level of ESG engagement with their investments, compared to 70% ...

Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... features being offered by super funds in Australia reveals that technology and communication-oriented features are the most active area of product development. Rainmaker noted the results show that funds realise "not all features and benefits are valued ...

Smarter Money funds get Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Two Smarter Money Investments funds have been given a "recommended" rating by Lonsec. The Smarter Money Active Cash (SMAC) strategy was upgraded from "investment grade" by Lonsec as a result of the research house's "high regard for the fund's senior ...

AMP Capital awards historic $17bn passive mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... investment capability UBS is able to offer our clients tailor investment solutions to meet their passive, smart beta, and active management needs," UBS concluded. AMP Capital will be using its new ethical investment screen across the mandate suite. The ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
The world's largest fund manager has shifted the goal posts for active equity investment, announcing it will take the enormous step of combining humans and machines for stock selection. The question is what scale does this new man and machine combination ...

Fintech apps disrupt advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Fintechs are deploying the next generation of financial planning applications and disrupting the traditional advice model, a new study has found. In response to advisers' demand for increased process efficiency and compliance automation, the latest ...