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Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... scratched the surface in exploiting our comparative advantages in financial services - particularly in exporting our world-class funds management and financial services expertise." Currently the proportion of funds sourced from overseas is less than ...

Alternatives managers asked to help more with fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... Preqin chief executive Mark O'Hare said. "In the year that saw CalPERS announce it is withdrawing from the hedge fund asset class due to complexity and cost, it is unsurprising that institutional investors across the globe that Preqin spoke with at the ...

AXA Investment Managers partners SimCorp

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Investment management software provider SimCorp has signed a license agreement with AXA Investment Managers. AXA Investment Managers has chosen SimCorp's investment management solution to support the firm's front office activities, including the investment ...

Exchange tradeable version of Magellan Global Fund announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... Global Equities Fund will be quoted on the ASX AQUA platform on 5 March 2015 under the ticker MGE. The fund is one of a new class of exchange traded managed funds which are currently being pursued by fund managers around the world. The new structure ...

UBS joins mFund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
UBS Securities Australia (UBS) has joined the mFund Settlement Service. The addition of UBS expands mFund's distribution network to 11 distributors, 10 issuers representing 75 funds and 22 fund managers and nine registrar service providers. "mFund is ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported an underlying net profit after tax of $2.6 million for the half year ending 31 December 2014. Underlying revenue stood at $16.5 million, up from $7.2 million in the prior corresponding period. The directors ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... becoming more politicised. It does certainly raise the issue from institutional investors of sovereign risk, but the asset class, I think, will continue to persist, and it just goes to show why Australian super funds have to have a much broader perspective ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... three years before investors and advisers get comfortable trading with them, especially when we're talking about a new asset class." Traditionally, investors were holding cash and hybrids as their fixed income allocation. But cash has not benefited from ...

Standard Life appoints infrastructure debt director, analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... and other selective jurisdictions. Both Alex and Marianne bring a wealth of experience and expertise in this diverse asset class and will be integral members of the credit team as a whole," Standard Life Investments head of credit Craig MacDonald sai ...

SMSF Association introduces new accreditation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The SMSF Association has introduced a number of new initiatives for 2015 at its annual conference in Melbourne. The first of four new initiatives is the introduction of a self-managed super fund (SMSF) Certified Practitioner accreditation designed as ...