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SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... underlying constituents. But it's not a 1:1 ratio." While LaValle conceded "the jury is still out" on whether the growth in passive investments more broadly is impacting volatility, price discovery and liquidity, "it's something we're looking at quite ...

RG97 to shine a light on passive strategies: Aberdeen Standard

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
RG97 will likely demonstrate some passive investment vehicles aren't quite as cheap as people believe, according to Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Nicholas Bishop. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Bishop suggested ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... what constitutes a reported, declined or withdrawn claim. Other problematic terms and definitions were: notified claims; passive and active withdrawals; some claims and dispute outcome categories; claim and dispute amounts paid; and processing durations. ...

Global manager to merge key investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... Management, Standish Mellon Asset Management and The Boston Company Asset Management will be combined to offer active and passive, single and multi-asset investment strategies to institutional and intermediary clients. The new business - which will be ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... York. "It's interesting because if you look at the US, more than anywhere else, so much of the flows have been going into passive. Active flows in the US have been negative for the past 10 years, but for us, an active house, it's been one of our most ...

Property investing key to outlasting super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Pre-retirees can retire comfortably on passive income if they start investing in the property market now, according to property consultancy firm WealthMart. As much $80,000 per annum can be earned from a portfolio of properties that generate positive ...

Melbourne boutique shutters under passive pressure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The rise of passive investment and superannuation fund internalisation has led to a Melbourne-based Australian equities boutique terminating its only fund. In a letter to unitholders, Concise Asset Management said it has reluctantly decided to wind ...

Macquarie tops Australian asset manager list

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... assets under management was impacted somewhat by the increasing strength of the US dollar. WTW also noted the rise of passive strategies: while the majority (78.4%) of assets are still managed actively, passive is gradually increasing its share of the ...

RG97 reshaping multi-asset strategy: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... multi-managers repositioning towards low-cost structures in response to ASIC's new regulation. These structures generally involve passive and smart beta strategies, along with fee apportionment and reducing the number of underlying managers. While these ...

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... Advisers general manager Rebecca Jacques. "If you actually look at what robo is doing, it's a very good way of selling passive index funds at a low cost," Jacques says. She told a recent Calastone forum that she put a few global and domestic robo-advisers ...