Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3301 - 3310 of 5520 results for "Class"

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... potentially higher yields than what they can currently get from cash or terms deposits. Indeed, the income from this asset class could be used to fund income streams in retirement - a type of annuity," Slattery said. The ability to invest in infrastructure ...

Lonsec rates several funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
Research house Lonsec has released several fund ratings during the week and results have been welcomed by the respective fund managers. Yesterday Martin Currie announced it had received a "highly recommended" rating from Lonsec for the Legg Mason Martin ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year named

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... business is driven by the desire to lead industry change through developing innovative technology that strives to build first-class relationships with clients and empower decision-making. Philip Kewin, general manager retail life and investments at the ...

AXA IM to launch impact fund in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... growing and that these strategies have a place within super fund's private equity allocation, but also as a standalone asset class. "Over time we will see that some superannuation schemes will follow what we've been seeing happening with endowments and ...

Prime Value launches SIV fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Prime Value Asset Management has launched a small and micro caps fund that is compliant with the significant investor visa (SIV) program. The launch of the Prime Value Emerging Opportunities Fund follows recent changes to the SIV regulations, which ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... structures to invest in profitable ventures that have a positive impact in society. "Impact investing doesn't exist as an asset class. At the moment there isn't any noteworthy conversation to be had at a board level because it is far too small, far too ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Traded Funds (ETF) and makes up almost 20% of broad FUM. But while much of the focus in the sector is ETFs, this product class makes up only 5% of the overall indexing market. "So while investment marketers should work closely with the ETF sector, particularly ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... achieve these very attributes; inflation protection, stable long-term yields and diversification away from traditional asset class returns. It has done so with great success and importantly, it has delivered on its objectives." Maple-Brown Abbott's global ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Institutional investors are moving fast to protect their portfolios from the risks facing the Australian market. Over a third of the money poured into new mandates last year was in international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian ...