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Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... investment platform, building improved product and distribution capability through new channels, exploring growth and diversification opportunities, and finalising back-office outsourcing projects. "The reasons I joined Platinum - the brand, the talent ...

Fidelity launches global bond fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... Global Bond Fund further expands our service offering in Australia, providing investors with investment choice and diversification, and access to our global investment capabilities," Fidelity Australia managing director Lawrence Hanson said. Fidelity ...

QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... mindset and broad thinking will prove invaluable to our organisation as we further our own globalisation and client diversification strategies, and continue to create shared value for our clients, people and communities," QIC chief executive Kylie Rampa ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... product from advisers. Meantime, five trustees designed one or all their Choice products for advised members. "Diversification of options to simply cater to individual member circumstances and attract advisers to the product is not sufficient justification ...

Superannuation fund returns underperformed SMSFs: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... larger weightings," Mihaylov said. "Although this home bias generally leads to sub-optimal levels of investment diversification, it can also act to boost earnings and returns during periods where the domestic stock market outperforms some key international ...

Betashares to launch Nasdaq ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... of sectors including technology, healthcare, and industrials. At the same time, QNDQ aims to offer significant diversification benefits and low relative stock and sector concentration risk. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the two new funds ...

BlackRock iShares adds to factor ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... allocations for different points in the market cycle and can play a complementary role by providing additional portfolio diversification. BlackRock is proud to offer one of the broadest range of low-cost factor ETFs available in the Australian market." ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Infrastructure debt, which is positioned high in the capital hierarchy, provides investors with steady cash flow and diversification from traditional equity investments, he added. It also offers good risk-adjusted returns, and portfolio protection that ...

ETFs reigned supreme in 2023: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... "Younger investors on Superhero actually opted to invest into index-tracking ETFs - a choice that prioritises greater diversification over the potential for higher returns." Contrarily, it was older investors who sought the higher return potential single ...

Real asset cycle likely to return: Dexus

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... rising and aging population, it said. "The underlying sentiment for healthcare remains very positive due to the diversification benefits and long-term growth thematic," it said. Dexus head of research Peter Studley said the longer-term demand outlook ...