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Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Findex has awarded the mandate for its managed discretionary Australian core equity portfolios to an active equities manager. Following a rigorous review program by the Findex investment team, Altair Asset Management secured the contract, having first ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Don't you just love it when things turn out as expected? Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell ...

New hire at Auscap Asset Management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Sydney-based long-short equities manager Auscap Asset Management hired former Magellan Asset Management account manager Jennifer Herbert. Herbert will step into the role of senior distribution manager with Auscap, working under head of distribution ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited, the first ethically screened global equity listed investment company in over a decade, is undertaking an initial public offering of ordinary shares after lodging its prospectus with ASIC. The company, which provides ...

AllianceBernstein SMAs break new ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... were upgraded by Lonsec, marking a breakthrough for offshore equity SMAs in Australia. The AB Concentrated Global Growth Equities Portfolio and AB Concentrated US Growth Equities Portfolio, providing Australian investors with the opportunity to access ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... 6.30% -- indicating both increased optimism among workers of landing jobs and the economic strength. The gains in US equities -- Dow up 0.2%, S&P up 0.3%, Nasdaq up 0.4%, Russell 2000 up 0.4% -- and the 5.2% drop in the VIX index to a reading of 11.66 ...

Cooper Investors appoints EQT, hires retail lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Specialist global equities fund manager Cooper Investors appointed Equity Trustees as the Responsible Entity for two of its funds in the wake of strong adviser interest. The CI Global Equities Fund and the CI Global Equities Fund (unhedged) are now ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Leah Zell, Jon Moog, Antonio Meroni, Vikas Kumra, George Mussalli and Richard Tan. Of those, in the merged international equities team, only Hunter Hall deputy chief investment officer James McDonald appears as a current Hunter Hall representative.

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... "Investors are now empowered to build portfolios from low cost building blocks which ETFs can offer," Vynokur said. "Domestic equities, international equities, cash, fixed income, currency, commodities strategy and outcome based products are now available ...

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... under the offer. Plato managing director Don Hamson said the LIC satisfied retirees seeking a specialist, high-yield equities strategy to complement traditional streams of income like cash and fixed income. "PL8 is the first Australian LIC targeting ...