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Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Alternative risk premia mandates from institutional investors decreased slightly last financial year, but it's hardly a global slowdown, according to an international investment consultant. The latest asset manager intelligence and market trends ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Magellan remains our preferred exposure given the expectation of continued FUM flows across both the retail and institutional channels and exposure to asset classes with less structural headwinds than listed competitors," Gill said. Magellan also remains ...

Former Perpetual staffer joins Nanuk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Last month the firm tapped former Deutsche Asset Management Australia chief executive Stephen O'Brien to lead its institutional distribution team. O'Brien steps into the new role after taking time away from the industry since leaving his post at Deut ...

ASIC provides relief for naked short selling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
ASIC provided legislative relief to ETF market makers, alongside changes to short selling laws. With ASIC instruments due to expire, the corporate regulator issued a short selling instrument, which it said continues the effect of those instruments due ...

KKR offers $2.6b to acquire MYOB

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
The private equity juggernaut Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is looking to acquire the remaining shares of accounting and business software company MYOB. The proposal comes after a KKR affiliate bought a 17.6% share in MYOB from Bain Capital at a price of ...

Banks to answer for Hayne report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
The chief executives of Australia's big four banks will head to Canberra to face questioning over the findings published in Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will commence its next ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... this year. Devoy says Fidelity is primarily eyeing an SMSF-retail type of investor base, as opposed to the 80-20 institutional-retail split that seems to be common for Aussie ETF issuers. In the lead up to the ETF launch, Fidelity bumped down the management ...

Nikko AM supports climate change agenda

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The $310 billion asset manager is supporting global investor efforts to address climate change through The Investor Agenda. Nikko Asset Management (Nikko) said it was supporting efforts towards commitment to the four areas of impact under The Investor ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... discount to a premium, and then issuing shares. Our shareholder register changed significantly, with several marginal institutional shareholders being replaced by private client brokers as well as private individuals." Collins also said the role of women ...

Super funds cut exposures to banks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Not-for-profit superannuation funds have an average of 3% less exposure to bank stocks in their equities portfolios than last year, according to recent Rainmaker research. These funds still have a large exposure to bank stocks, owning about $30 billion ...