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Boutique fund joins Bennelong suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... outcomes delivered as that is ultimately what investors receive and can differ significantly from simple time-weighted performance. The global equity income strategy aims to minimise the risk of chronic loss when investors can least afford it, according ...

Watermark market neutral LIC to launch buy-back

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... global market neutral listed investment company, Watermark Global Leaders Fund (WGF), after announcing disappointing performance in 2016. In an investor update, Watermark said fund performance was beset by unfavourable stock-picking conditions, value ...

BTIM boosts FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
BT Investment Management reported strong inflows in its half-year performance to March, but fell short of improving its revenue. The Sydney-based international investment firm boosted its funds under management thanks to a record $4.6 billion inflow ...

K2 slashes fees for three funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... a round of fee reductions from Vanguard and Platinum Asset Management, K2 Asset Management will cut management and performance fees for three of its managed funds. For the K2 Australian Fund, the management fee will fall from 1.54% to 1.31%. The K2 Select ...

Global economy biased toward active management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... in 2017. Investors are also pursuing emerging market opportunities in to Asia (excluding Japan) to provide the best performance in the year ahead.

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... strong inverse correlation between the Japanese share market and the currency suggests that given the yen's stronger performance so far this year, the Nikkei-225 index should be weaker (because the benchmark is tilted heavily towards exporters). The ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... budget surplus has remained ever-so elusive. But we'll have one by FY 2020-21, promise. The point is that the economy's performance is dependent on many moving parts. It's hard enough to control the domestic economy's behaviour - i.e. the reaction of ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... funding will also enable ASIC to develop infrastructure for the reporting and analysis of internal dispute resolution performance data by financial firms. This will be offset by an increase in levies of $3.6 million over three years from 2018-19 under ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Prudential Regulation Authority deputy chairman Helen Rowell hit out at superannuation funds which deliver continual poor performance, lack transparency, and face unsustainable outflows of money, saying that the authority will push for mergers between ...

Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... statement said, reflected "staff needed for upgrading investment data, systems and analytics capability to drive the performance of the Future Fund and other Australian Government investment funds." Future Fund management expenses are expected to rise ...