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Stimulus, ERS pushes spending up 17%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
New research has demonstrated the impact of the government's stimulus package and early release of superannuation program, with a sharp uptick in consumer spending. The data from illion and AlphaBeta, part of Accenture, found consumer spending in Australia ...

Specialist platforms prosper in June quarter

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
HUB24 has reported record annual inflows of $4.95 billion for the 2020 financial year, which it says has been driven by clients ditching "incumbent platforms" for the specialist provider. Its funds under administration lifted 24% for the FY20 to hit ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
"Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom July is dressed up and playing her tune... Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind" -Summer Breeze, Seals and Crofts It was expected. China was first in. It was the ...

Charter Hall makes $214m warehouse play

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
The $40 billion property investment manager has acquired three warehouses from Owens-Illinois Australia (OIA), setting Charter Hall back $214 million for the investment. A Sydney-based glass manufacturing facility and warehouse, located at 130-170 Andrews ...

Saxo Markets adds options to platform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Multi-asset trading and investment platform provider Saxo Markets has added exchange traded options to its platform, giving clients the ability to gain exposure to the ASX without having to purchase shares directly. Options allow investors to hedge ...

Aussie banks set to underperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Australia's financial services sector, particularly the big four banks, are set to underperform over the coming months, with mounting business and home loan deferrals to blame. That's according to T. Rowe Price head of Australian equities Randal ...

GMO acquires Japanese equity manager

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Global investment firm GMO has acquired a Japanese investment advisory firm and nabbed two senior executives from PGIM's quantitative investment manager QMA. GMO has acquired Usonian Investments, a value-orientated Japanese equity manager. "Usonian ...

Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
A subsidiary of Legg Mason has cut performance fees for two of its value funds, after recording negative returns during the COVID-19 crisis. RARE Infrastructure, a listed infrastructure manager, removed performance fees on its value funds, both hedged ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Former Ausbil microcap managers Tony Waters and Chris Prunty have come out on top of Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance ranking, after their QVG Capital Long Short fund returned 29.3% for the year. Hyperion Australian Growth and ...

CFS drops fees on external fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
A UK systematic manager has dropped the fees on a managed futures fund for Australian investors distributed by Colonial First State. The Aspect Diversified Futures Fund (class A), which had $614 million in total assets at June end, was reduced from ...