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Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... portfolios, up from 83% in 2016. Additionally, almost half of the advisers (46%) use smart beta strategies in asset allocation, up from 37% in 2016. VanEck's managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Arian Neiron said: "We are seeing a sharp rise ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... advisers are putting their businesses and their clients at serious risk by implementing traditional strategic asset allocation (SAA) portfolios. DAC portfolio manager Jerome Lander said most Australian financial advisers are still operating client portfolios ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... and other public disclosure and then sending notices to 20 responsible entities to get further information on asset allocation, liquidity, maturity profile and resilience. This was followed by targeted surveillance of 37 managed funds (from 20 responsible ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... over 250 advisers, the company said. The offering includes portfolios with different risk profiles and strategic asset allocation, with the option to blend tactical asset allocation. "We're looking to boost the availability of MDAs to the adviser community ...

Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... red. We were underperforming peers. That was prior to the significant restructure around our investments and our asset allocation and how we invest," he said. Mitchell went on to say that the restructure is better aligned with member outcomes. "It's ...

BlackRock wins $7.1bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... BlackRock has secured a $7.1 billion (£4bn) mandate from a UK pension scheme. The investment manager will provide asset allocation and manager-selection decisions across all asset classes for the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS), a defined ...

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... Australian equity market. The new indices integrate with MSCI's global indices, which enables the alignment of asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions across equities as an asset class, the index provider said. Construction and weighting ...

New research head at Centrepoint Alliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... starting as a research analyst and working up to portfolio manager with responsibility for investment strategy and asset allocation across model portfolios managed accounts, managed funds and equities. "Daniel has a great passion for portfolio construction ...

Investment consultant adds to insurance team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... insurers. "Our insurance strategy will focus on enhancing our support for clients through investment strategy, asset allocation and manager selection." Lamborn said JANA has been advising the insurance market since 2004, and its current insurance clients ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... to superannuation funds' default options, which also delivered median return of -0.9%, according to Rainmaker. Asset allocation at June end stood at: 6.8% in Australian equities, 27.2% in global equities, 15.2% in private equity, 5.8% in property, 7.1% ...