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PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... manager of the highly successful Magellan Global Fund is worried the sites he's been shown round are just too nice. Mark Smith finds out why. "There are not many ASX100 companies that would have an office like this. I'm terrified of moving offices because ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia and New Zealand. Mark Smith explains. Strangely enough, after 24 years in the financial services industry in numerous and varied roles, the decision ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... journalists and researchers who cover the space with enthusiasm and a can-do attitude. From next year deputy editor Mark Smith will be helming Financial Standard as editor and will no doubt do an amazing job. I will enjoy reading from afar, but in the ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems the world of investing has it in for active managers. ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... look at the latest in the active versus passive debate as a trend towards investment in index strategies takes hold. Mark Smith considers whether the jig is up for active fund managers in this issue's feature. We also look at rise in non-aligned licensee ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... instruments, and started viewing them instead as a means of actively managing asset allocation? James Fernyhough and Mark Smith report. In Australia, exchange traded funds (ETFs) have traditionally been viewed as a cheap and easy way for retail investors ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... known brands in the business, but despite his enduring success, he puts much of that rise down to simple pot luck. Mark Smith reports. Active asset management is an industry built on the central pillar that market-beating returns can be achieved by very ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... portfolio boosting benefits of income-paying investments. But understanding the many options available can be complicated. Mark Smith looks at the pros and cons of each of the main asset classes. There has scarcely been a more important time to talk ...

FEATURE: Have we reached the tipping point for managed accounts?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
In the first of a two-part special report on the sector, Mark Smith explores why after a series of false starts, industry experts are saying now is the time for managed accounts to live up to their billing as the next big thing in client portfolio management. ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve institutional and retail participation in local fixed income markets. Australian ...