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Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Nearly six in 10 institutional asset owners are now using smart beta strategies in their portfolios, according to a new survey of 178 instos by FTSE Russell. Adoption has doubled what it was five years ago when roughly three in 10 used smart beta. Last ...

Melbourne advisory launches MDA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Third-party managed discretionary account provider Philo Capital Advisers launched an MDA service with a Melbourne-based advisory. Strategic Wealth linked with Philo Capital Advisers to implement an MDA service featuring BT Panorama, investment consulting ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... for the Investment Solutions Group, said the risk-based ETF model portfolio uses factor-based strategies in the form of smart beta, quality, value and low volatility. This is a key differentiator as history and academic studies have proven that factor-based ...

Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... the index instead of the fund manager's skills. "Active managers must also differentiate themselves and provide what smart beta cannot. If this differentiation can't be achieved, then investors will continue to question the fees they are being ...

Zenith acquires New Zealand firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Investment research provider, Zenith Investment Partners is in the process of acquiring an overseas business as it expands into offshore markets. Zenith has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with NZX Limited to acquire New Zealand ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
Aon will jettison its financial advice business, and has confirmed the transfer of its Eligible Rollover Fund to AUSfund. The Australian arm of the global financial services giant announced it will sell its finance advice arm and exit its aligned adviser ...

New SMSF admin platform launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... entirely Australian-based. One of our objectives is to achieve cost-efficiencies for the benefit of our clients through smart technology, rather than through lower labour costs via overseas outsourcing," he said. "Recent changes to superannuation regulations ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... twelve months. Exchange traded products attracted $397 million in net inflows in February and almost a third of it went into smart beta products, according to VanEck.

BGL announces new integrations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... from within the software with the click of a button. It has never been so easy to prepare documents - it's just simple and smart." CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360 will now support over 300 integration partners including banks, brokers, wraps, platforms ...

Sunsuper enhances online advice services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... for advisers will be the new member application request, which combines five separate paper forms into a single, intuitive smart form," Sunsuper head of advice and retirement Anne Fuchs said. "We've estimated this will cut the time taken to set up a ...