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Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
Almost 200 exchange traded funds now trade in Australia, but not all have tickled investor appetite, with several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
NZ Super's initiative to pressure social media companies and governments to eliminate terrorist content online has achieved a new milestone, reaching NZ$5 trillion in assets under management and throwing its weight behind a new movement. At a summit ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
"Annual wages in seasonally adjusted terms grew 2.3% for the third quarter in a row. The main contributors to growth over the quarter were regularly scheduled wage rises in the health care and social assistance and education and training industries ...

Mercer names administration services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Mercer Australia appointed a new leader for its administration business, who will take the post in July. Craig Rice will join Mercer Administration Services, based in Wollongong. He takes over from Jo-Anne Bloch, who led the business for two years. ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Sydney hedge fund manager is raising $300 million for an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
In any war, there's bound to be those that are caught in the crossfire and others treated as collateral damage. The global stock market rout that developed as a result of the renewed "little squabble" (as Trump recently put it) between the US and ...

IFM buys North American pipeline operator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
IFM Investors is set to acquire a North American pipeline operator via its global infrastructure fund, adding to its assets in the region. IFM entered a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding public common units of NYSE-listed Buckeye Partners ...

No single solution for advice: CFA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
CFA Societies Australia believes Australia's financial advice industry needs a series of policy reforms and changes to rebuild trust. Together with the CFA Institute, CFA Societies Australia released policy recommendations in response to the Royal ...

Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
Midwinter announced changes to its leadership team after completing the acquisition of financial planning software provider InvestmentLink. InvestmentLink contains over 4.4 million client accounts across 300 superannuation and managed funds. It has ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Trump must be fuming and scratching his golden hair. Not that China retaliated ...