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Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... thinking about what type of income stream products they should be aiming for. "The other side - and some funds have been active in this area for quite some time - is providing aged care facilities or investing in aged care services, here and overseas," ...

Impact investments the next wave for RI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Impact investments are seen as the next wave to flow from the global trend of purchasing alternative assets to help build responsible investment portfolios. In its 2016 Responsible Investment Outlook, AXA Investment Managers said impact investing will ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors has urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... represents a 5.3% increase on the previous year's inflows. Vanguard's success is symptomatic of an ongoing trend away from active management in recent years as investors have become less convinced that performance is worthy of the higher fees. Some in ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... team will highlight how passive managers can deploy conventional responsible investment strategies such as screening and active ownership, and provide insight into innovative approaches to integrating ESG considerations, such as in smart beta and strategic ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
As active fund managers warn about exposure to index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... in assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers littered the field for enduring the biggest outflows and one segment to buck the trend was exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Active equity manager Martin Currie has now received the necessary approvals to complete its acquisition of the assets and investment management team of London-based long/short Japanese equity boutique, PK Investment Management. Once the deal is completed ...

SSGA cuts fees on SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), has cut the fee on its SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund from 0.286% per annum to 0.19% per annum. The fund, which has the ASX ticker code STW, was the first ETF listed in Australia. With $3.1 billion in assets under management ...

Magellan prepping ASX-quoted version of infra fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... It also provides the benefits of live pricing typically associated with exchange traded funds and, importantly, offers active investment management where ETFs do not. With fees at 1.35%, the cost of the existing Magellan Global Equities Fund, which replicates ...