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PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund, the BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund and the BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Fund. The first two have gearing ratios ranging from around 50-65% while the latter, which shorts the Australian equity ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Global investment and asset manager William Blair believes there are several undue concerns from investors about emerging markets and they should be cautious about underweighting the asset class. In a recent self-authored white paper, William Blair ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Yippee-kay-yay! 'twas a good week for most major equity markets last week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... than the index. Rainmaker said there are a number of dynamics of the current market environment which brings pressure to bear on superannuation funds in context to these results. "Firstly, as overall market returns lower, any additional returns above ...

Impact investing on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... managers present there to see how it is possible to invest and make reasonable returns in line with the risks that you have to bear." RobecoSAM Private Equity believes impact investing must have specific mental or social impact alongside market returns. ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... reduction in concessional contribution caps for middle-income superannuation members would hurt Australia's budget long-term, bear an increased cost to taxpayers, and not align with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... by US standards, BetaShares has brought some innovative products to the market including the inverse Australian Equities Bear Fund, which seeks to generate returns that are negatively correlated to the returns of the Australian share market. Sprott's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... subject to big revisions. Euro economic sentiment It seems like the ECB's aggressive monetary policy stimulus is beginning to bear fruit. The ZEW euro area economic sentiment index - a measure of optimism over the current and expected economic situation ...