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Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Despite their complexity, the demand for factor-based investment products is forecast to accelerate over the next five years, latest research shows. Allocations to factor-based strategies among global institutional and retail portfolios reached 17% ...

Media powerhouse turns financial product provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... products for investors," Forbes Global Media Holdings president Peter Hung said. Value Partners boasts a suite of investment products spanning long-biased absolute-return equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and quantitative investment solutions. ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... Samuel Funds Management has entered into a strategic retail distribution partnership to offer new alternative investment products to Australian and New Zealand investors. Using Grant Samuel Funds Management's extensive retail distribution network, Man ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... the country's existing managed investment scheme (MIS) trust-based structure. The goal is to make Australian investment products more marketable and competitive overseas by making them more compatible with the global market - or as the exposure draft ...

APRA cuts red tape on superannuation transfers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... assets generating earnings at the RSE level are the combination of assets held for MySuper products, choice investment products, pension products and also for fund reserves. These different segments typically have very different investment strategies ...

ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... failed to disclose relationships between advisers, licensees, and other members of the broader group that issue investment products to at least 150,000 customers - a requirement under the Corporations Act. ASIC said the non-disclosure occurred when customers ...

Former adviser launches sustainable trading platform

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... investors are likely to drive demand for sustainable investing well into the future. Asset managers creating investment products for individual investors cannot ignore these trends," the report noted. The platform is currently operating in a closed-beta ...

Boutique fund joins Bennelong suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... provide the environment for entrepreneurial, specialist asset managers to create relevant and sought after investment products was key to Wheelhouse's decision to join. "Bennelong is the best at what it does in the market. With Bennelong providing the ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... lending platform RateSetter, millennials are coming in droves to seek out alternatives to traditional saving and investment products. The investor group is now one of the largest retail investor groups in the P2P market after increasing its involvement ...

New portal advances SMSF advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... integrated portal also offers a low-cost investment solution for clients as a substitute to institutionally-backed investment products. Users are also provided with daily updated reporting on client details such as tax position, balances and fund performance. ...