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CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... CFSGAM partner, direct infrastructure Europe Niall Mills explained. "This supports CFSGAM's philosophy and conviction that active asset management improves long-term investment returns and that adopting a responsible investment policy across businesses ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed ETF for US equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "There has been much scrutiny in recent years around the costs and benefits of active managers, with more than 85% of international equities active managers underperforming a passive benchmark over the ...

Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... superannuation. The Yellow Brick Road (YBR) funds management business rebranded to SMI in September 2014. In 2014 SMI's active cash strategy returned 4.1% after all fees in comparison to its average peer in the Morningstar short-term fixed-interest universe ...

Advisers closely watching mFund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... much detail as older and more sophisticated clients," he said. But Nash notes that mFund will allow the firm to build on active management options to complement current indexed options in its model portfolios.

Hub24 keeps growth pace in Q2

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... companies. New options include ING Direct 3 month, 6 month and 1 year platform term deposit products. Hub24 now has 45 active licensees using its platform, an increase of seven for the quarter, while adviser numbers grew by 37, an increase of 9.7% over ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... investors from "liking" its currency. But if this (again) fails, the SNB warned that, "If necessary, it will therefore remain active in the foreign exchange market to influence monetary conditions". Right or wrong, the SNB's decision has increased volatility ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... Deloitte partner Stephen Huppert, while value added by the other half would have been "eroded through the higher fees paid for active management." Value was measured using "four dimensions" - these were long-term asset allocation of the active portfolio ...

Lonsec rolling out cloud-based practice management tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... data at the client level, not only giving the adviser access to their total net worth but also a snapshot view of total active orders in the market for that client regardless of whether they are equities, ETFs or the new ASX mFund service." Speaking ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... for the fund and is consistent with the fund's strategy of investing in well-located, high quality assets. We will remain active in seeking opportunities to grow and diversify the Fund's asset base, enhance unitholder value and contribute to sustainable ...

WAM Capital announces $100m share purchase plan

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
Listed investment company WAM Capital has announced a $100 million share purchase plan (SPP). The SPP will be offered to existing shareholders at the fixed price of $1.90 per share. Shareholders who participate in the offer will be entitled to the 7.0 ...