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William Blair earns Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... global themes, like favourable demographic growth. Lonsec noted that "the fund is a 'long' only emerging markets/regional equities product and, as such, will generally sit within the growth component of a balanced portfolio". Lonsec believes the fund ...

ASX records $400m profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... after tax profit of $398 million today, the ASX has also called on the federal government to continue the current cash equities clearing model (CHESS) for another five years, giving the exchange an opportunity to invest in a "once in a generation" replacement. ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... for NSW government workers. "I learned to do basically what I do now. I ran a balanced portfolio where we had bonds, equities and cash." After NSW State Super, he had a number of jobs on both the buy and sell side including roles at Commonwealth Bank ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... first exchange traded managed fund on ASX's AQUA platform was followed by K2 Asset Management, which listed its K2 Global Equities Fund on the ASX in June. Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica is also on the record saying that the firm might launch ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Australia's love story with its own stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... in a bid to have "less fund managers and lower fees." HSBC Global Asset Management deputy chief investment officer for equities Vis Nayer is in Australia presenting a smart beta strategy that allows investors to have exposure to one single factor, and ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... predictions about the future, Douglass said he expects Magellan's recently launched ASX quoted versions of its global equities strategy to contribute to future inflows. When asked if the firm will be listing its two other funds, he said: "Those are things ...

Scrapping dividend imputation costly for retirees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... that a complete removal of dividend imputation may lessen the attractiveness of, and thus reduce investment in, domestic equities. It said a return to double-taxation of company income could also create an investor bias in favour of debt financing, rather ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... out the barrel, roll out the barrel of fun... for it's gonna be a good day, gonna be a good, good day for Australian equities. Well, at least at the open with the SPI futures trading up 36 points. Yes, at the open, for we've been here many, many times ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Europe. Estes said every time he and members of the investment team visit Japan they come back more enthused. "Japanese equities are considerably cheaper than their US counterparts," Estes said. "In 2013, the [Japanese equities] market was up 60%. Last ...