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Private capital industry growing at record speed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... net-of-fees internal rate of return of 19.2%, a 6% premium on global benchmarks and substantially higher than the 7.7% the ASX 300 has delivered in the same period. Describing the value of the asset class, AVCAL chief executive Yasser El-Ansary wrote ...

ASX responds to CFR regulatory expectations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The ASX has updated its Cash Equities Clearing and Settlement Code of Practice to align with new Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) policy statements. In March the Federal Government asked CFR to prepare the policy statements to ensure the right ...

BKI makes $4.2m acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
BKI Investment Company is acquiring an unlisted investment company for $4.2 million. In an ASX statement, BKI's board said the acquisition will "benefit existing BKI shareholders by increasing the size of BKI's portfolio in a cost-effective manner." ...

Lonsec offloads broking business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... we are excited to be building out increased services for financial intermediaries in execution, clearing and settlement of ASX and Chi-X listed equity and derivative transactions. In particular, we see a significant opportunity to support the growing ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF is designed to track an index providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by their market capitalisation. Additional portfolio diversification will be provided by the index capping sector ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... reduced management fees across its US iShares Core exchange-traded fund suite, which includes three products listed on the ASX. The three ASX-listed ETFs are the iShares S&P 500 ETF, the iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF and the iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF. The ...

New Blue Sky MD shoots for $5bn

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... assets under management in the next three years." In what could be described as Robert Shand's "mission statement," he told an ASX update the firm would aim for $10 billion in AUM "shortly thereafter." Describing Blue Sky's new US business as "one of ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Australian active equity and bond funds against S&P Dow Jones indices. In the large-cap category (measured against the S&P/ASX 200), 59.68% underperformed over a one-year period, 65.69% over three years and 69.18% over five years. In mid- and small-caps ...

IOOF chair to retire, director appointed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... director of IOOF and four years as chair. Sexton was a member of the board which demutualised IOOF and took it to listing on the ASX in 2002. Its market capitalisation has now grown from $251 million to $2.7 billion. Current board director George Venardos ...

Bragg to leave FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... landscape for financial services. We wish him very well in his future career." Before joining the FSC, Bragg was a director of the ASX Corporate Governance Council. He also advised the government on policy in the wake of the financial crisis and before ...