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Former QIC exec appointed OneVue COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Morgan and UBS. Elsewhere, the fund services and platform services businesses have been integrated and will be headed up by Alex Wise as head of product and client strategies. Former head of fund strategy, sales and service George Ribar will continue ...

ETFs jump 44 pct to $13.6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) climbed 44% in the year end October 2014 to reach $13.6 billion, reports figures just released by the ASX. But while the money managed in ETFs is surging the number of ETF products is relatively stable with just an extra ...

Lonsec acquires van Eyk's iRate business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... acquisition of iRate will save Lonsec "at least eighteen months of development time and testing," general manager of technology Alex Watson said. "We were recruited to bring to market a series of integrated platforms that would allow advisors, fund managers ...

BetaShares launches new equity income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... seeking attractive income, but who may be concerned by the uncertain nature of financial markets," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "In addition, the fund provides investors the opportunity to earn high levels of franked dividends, which ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released its final report outlining its global framework for investor education and financial literacy. In their Strategic Framework for Investor Education and Financial Literacy report ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Mixed signals coming from the US Fed's monetary policy committee should temper investors from overreacting to expectations of rising US rates and an increasing USD, noted Amundi Asset Management in its latest global investor update. Causing the ambiguity ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Unlisted infrastructure returned 18% post fees in the 12 months to end September, outperforming all other asset classes except for global equities and so demonstrated its countercyclical credentials. The results are contained in a new index released ...

BetaShares' UMAX receives recommended rating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... 500 Index, while providing regular income that exceeds the dividend yield of the stocks alone. BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the new ratings highlighted the effectiveness of the fund's methodology, which he said had already proved successful ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
An international study of Australians working in global asset management who were educated at Australian universities has found that more than half are now working for asset management firms outside Australia. The most represented universities among ...

ASX IT upgrade to boost productivity 80pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The ASX has completed a major back office IT upgrade that it expects will boost systems productivity by up to 80%. The upgrade involved redesigning its systems architecture for corporate actions management, improving Straight Through Processing (STP) ...