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Magellan fund awarded Morningstar Gold rating

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... version, Magellan's unlisted Global Fund has been awarded a Morningstar GOLD rating. The rating means that the fund has achieved top ratings from all research houses. This follows the announcement of Magellan's "Exchange-Traded Managed Fund" (ETMF) ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Superannuation should no longer be considered "a top-up" for the Age Pension and the tax treatment of super debate can't be brought up in isolation, the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane said in her inaugural speech. "The ...

Advisers add 3% returns for clients: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australian financial advisers can add about 3% in net returns for their clients by focusing on key wealth management topics such as asset allocation, behavioural coaching and cost-effective implementation. Vanguard's research uses data to examine six ...

PM Capital global fund boosts income growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... ago. The fund is managed by Sydney-based global equity manager PM Capital, and it has a 96% net equity exposure. The fund's top five holdings are Lloyds Bank (UK), ING Group (Netherlands), Pfizer (US), Barclays Plc (UK) and Google Inc (US). "The basic ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Voter backlash against infrastructure recycling plans in recent (and current) state election campaigns is raising alarm bells within the superannuation sector. It was such a point of contention in the recent Queensland state election that most observers ...

Performance competition returning to default super

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... strong debut of life stage investing options within the MySuper sector as most of the eight retail MySuper products in the top 20 were life stage options. Indeed the top four products at end December were retail products: IOOF Employer Super, IOOF Portfolio ...

Plato hires senior quant analyst from SSgA

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... investment returns and business growth for the fund manager. Funds under management (FUM) increased by more than 50% in 2014 to top $1.3 billion. Performance has also been strong across Plato's product suite relative to the market. Plato's zero tax income ...

ETFs up 48.3% to $15 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... State Street Global Advisors (26.1%), Vanguard Investments (17.6%), BetaShares (10.7%) and Russell Investments (3.9%). The top three products on the market by FUM are State Street's SPDR S&P/ASX 200 with $2.42 billion, iShares's iShares Core S&P 500 ...

Future Generation fund makes $618k for charities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... the Australian Securities Exchange. The philanthropic fund gives investors exposure to 15 funds managed by 14 of Australia's top fund managers, who are providing their services for free. The managers' pro bono support will allow the fund to donate 1% ...

Challenger nabs CBA exec for top funds management role

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Challenger has appointed the new chief executive for its funds management division from Commonwealth Bank (CBA). CBA group executive of institutional banking and markets Ian Saines has been appointed Challenger chief executive of funds management, Challenger ...