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iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... considers technology to be an important factor in establishing scale and minimising transaction costs needed for a successful passive index and /or ETF business," the research house said. "[We] consider technology to be an important factor in establishing ...

J.P. Morgan fund highly recommended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... risk adjusted returns in line with relevant objectives. "With the current push to low-cost strategies and the rise in passive, we are seeing considerable interest from advisers, and the feedback we have had is that the funds provide good value as a core ...

Australian Unity partners for managed account solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... inflation by a risk premia, the use of a risk focused dynamic asset allocation and the use of a combination of both active and passive managed funds," Mitchell said. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said: "Netwealth is delighted to further ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... possibility of a steeper yield curve might make it challenging for Australian bond investors employing index based methods and passive long-only strategies to outperform. Gross issuance was limited in the ASX market in 2016; about $7 billion printed ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... of movement in financial markets, then its idiosyncratic risk in securities has become paramount, and the move toward passive investment that we see today may not be the right trend and active management may be where we find the returns."

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Northern Trust partnered with a global provider of sustainable real assets indices to launch a new real estate fund. In partnership with Netherlands-based environmental, social and governance researcher GRESB, Northern Trust released a new sustainability ...

Property not the answer for passive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Passive investors would benefit from reducing their exposure to property and low-growth large-caps. That is the central point of a new white paper published by Montgomery Investment Management warning investors in property and stocks of the looming ...

CSC contributes to global ESG think tank

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... diversity of ideas in the corporate boards of companies and asset managers. The collective view is to also encourage more passive managers to adopt specific policies on ESG issues and outline specific performance metrics to measure the degree of implementation ...

Advice practices pass health check

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Financial advice firms are better equipped to face future challenges following an industry shift from passive to actively managed businesses. This is one of several findings from a joint report released by Zurich and the Beddoes Institute, which goes ...

Asset managers must consider multi-asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... result indirectly gaining IFA business. Cerulli highlighted that a number of advisers and clients are also increasing using passive investment options to reduce costs within portfolios. Cerulli Europe managing director Barbara Wall said: "Asset managers ...