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ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Financial Group head of distribution, Frank Casarotti, said SMSFs were an integral factor in listing the Magellan Global Equities Fund as an ETP. "Whilst we were happy with the volume of application forms [for the fund] off platform, we obviously realised ...

Macquarie adviser forged signatures, lied to clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
An authorised representative of Macquarie Equities Limited (MEL) has been banned for six years after the regulator found that he forged client documents. Shawn Hickman engaged in unauthorised discretionary trading on his clients' accounts between November ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... returns, over the year growth assets nevertheless underpinned the solid performance of MySuper options. International equities and A-REITs earned +25% and +20% respectively. It's worth noting too that over the same period the Australian dollar depreciated ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... Henderson has appointed former Aberdeen Asset Management executive Andrew Gillan to the role of head of Asia ex-Japan equities. Former head of Macquarie capital Asia Kalpana Desai has also joined the group as a non-executive director.

Magellan launches hedged global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has listed a currency hedged version of its Global Equities Fund, which has grown to over $257 million in five months. The Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) is set to start trading on the Australian Securities ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Innovation Summit continues in Sydney while the Financial Services Council holds its annual conference in Brisbane. In equities news, Skilled Group is expected to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher as biotechnology ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the initial investor in the AllianceBernstein (AB) Global Equities Fund by adding the fund to its multi-manager portfolio. AB chief executive officer Australia, Jen Driscoll, said a differentiated approach to delivering ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... caps to tobacco, fracking or coal, according to Ariel Investments chief investment officer of international and global equities Rupal J. Bhansali. Bhansali labels her investment approach as contrarian and says that "to engage in contrarian investing ...

NZ Super Fund heavy on growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... strategy as they are intrinsically linked to economic growth. The Reference Portfolio's existing 5% allocation to listed NZ equities remains unchanged.A Whineray noted the fund's total portfolio currently had around 7% invested in listed NZ equities ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...