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UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... chooses to focus on institutional mandates. "Strategically we have decided to focus on our successful domestic and global passive business, where we manage $23 billion in institutional mandates in Australia, along with $500 billion in index assets managed ...

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... suggestions liquidity on investment-grade credit has evaporated," Morningstar said. Finally, Morningstar said it has seen some passive offerings perform well over the period. "More broadly, passive fixed income strategies have often appeared among the ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... million raise last month. At the same time, the fund has been shifting its equities allocations to lower fee, screened passive strategies from Dimensional Fund Advisors, while maintaining a small roster of active managers. The First Sentier investment ...

Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... one of them cracked $1 billion in assets last year. Vanguard has $20.6 billion and 29 ETFs in Australia, 26 of which are passive strategies and three are multi-factor, which Vanguard considers as active strategies. Most of its products are broad-based ...

Fee cuts hack at fund manager margins

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... investment managers, the research house said. The biggest driver is the accelerating fee pressure. Between 2012 and 2015, passive strategies lowered their fees by 3.5% while active strategies were cut by 2.5% annually. The fee cuts intensified in the ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
The global thematic funds landscape has increased almost threefold over the past three years, with assets under management swelling to $295 billion (US$195 billion) worldwide. That's according to the latest Morningstar report, which analyses the key ...

Small administrator eyes large funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... how IFAA's "complementary capabilities" can bolster its client offering. The company adamant its investment in IFAA is "passive", though as part of the deal MMC executive chair, Robert Moss and director Philippa Weston will join IFAA's board. "Investing ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... David or Dave in Morningstar Direct-and only 105 funds run by women of any name," it said. In 2000, women made up 19.4% of passive fund managers in the US, compared to only 13.2% in 2019. In active funds management, women made up 13.4% in 2000. Now ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Fidelity International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Zaychuk said. "With global central banks keeping interest rates low in conjunction with the promise of lower fees for passive vehicles, demand for fixed interest ETFs could persist." There are currently 30 fixed interest ETFs in Australia, compared with ...