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Boutique fund manager drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
A boutique funds management group is reducing the management fees on one of its signature funds. Premium China Funds Management is dropping the management fee on its Premium Asia Fund by 45 basis points. This will sit alongside the removal of the performance ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... forward guidance for another three this year; policy exit speculations from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ); and, hawkish policy leanings from the Bank of England ("an ongoing tightening of monetary policy would be appropriate") ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
A global equity fund is now available to retail investors via the Netwealth and HUB24 platform. The Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund targets financial advisers and direct investors. Investors Mutual Limited (IML) is the responsible entity for the fund ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Investment experts are split on how SMSFs should invest if Labor's proposed franking credit refund policy is enacted. On day two of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne this week, a panel of experts representing ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... respectively. Australia's assets stood at $US1.9 trillion. The US holds the largest asset pool of $US24.7 trillion, followed by Japan $US3.1 trillion and the UK $US2.9 trillion. Countries that took part in the 2018 Global Pension Assets Study collectively ...

Chief economist update: Policy normalisation interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... normalisation to one that would be "patient and flexible". Early last year, both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) were expected to announce exit policies - both are now expected to keep policy settings on hold. The People's ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Brexit uncertainty remains in the headlines ( dis-United Kingdom prime minister Theresa May survived the vote of no confidence immediately called after the crushing defeat of her proposed Brexit deal in the House of Commons); so is the US government ...

Chief economist update: The curse of Japan's consumption tax hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
About this time last year, financial markets were awash with speculation the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing a monetary policy exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January 2018 ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The $2 trillion Japanese pension fund has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage ...

AXA IM backs Japanese logistics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
A sovereign wealth fund and an Asia Pacific real estate developer have teamed with AXA Investment Managers' real assets division to create a Japanese logistics business. The joint venture is being established through the purchase of six logistics assets ...