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BetaShares launches new equity income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares is targeting SMSF investors and retirees with the launch of a new yield-focused ETF. The BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (managed fund), will trade under the ASX code "HVST". It seeks to maximise ...

NZ Super terminates AMP Capital mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has terminated AMP Capital's New Zealand active equities mandate, effective from 30 October. The value of the mandate was NZ$257.5 million ($228.8 million). AMP Capital was appointed to the mandate in 2003. The decision ...

TAL super fund appoints independent directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
TAL Superannuation Limited (TASL) has appointed three new independent directors to its board. The company is responsible for the superannuation business of life insurer TAL and it is operated through the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund. Peter ...

Asteron ends business relations with 134 rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has stopped distributing its products among 134 rogue advisers last year, executive general manager Jordan Hawke confirmed. "Asteron Life identified 134 advisers last year that actively eroded significant amounts of value out of our business," ...

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... meetings. Their role has become increasingly important as advocacy groups and institutional investors have become increasingly active on issues such as executive compensation and director elections. David Geddes, chief executive of Link Group Corporate ...

Dundas awarded $250m industry super fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... rewarding association." Back in January, McFarlane told Financial Standard that the group was set up in part to prove that active portfolios could be managed at a lower cost than the industry average.

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
The distinction between active and passive investment strategies is being blurred by the new range of index products being brought to market, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices managing director and index committee chairman David Blitzer. Speaking to ...

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

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
With the range of ETFs ever increasing, is it time we stopped thinking of them as passive, 'set-and-forget' instruments, and started viewing them instead as a means of actively managing asset allocation? James Fernyhough and Mark Smith report. In Australia ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... relying on passive investment strategies to keep MySuper product costs down, confirming they have a significant allocation to active managers. Colonial First State head of investment services Scott Tully said the FirstChoice Lifestage product uses both ...

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

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... 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 skilled professionals ...